{"product_id":"out-there","title":"Out There","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Kate Folk    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thrilling new voice in fiction injects the absurd into the everyday to present a startling vision of modern life, “[as] if Kafka and Camus and Bradbury were penning episodes of \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e” (Chang-Rae Lee).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWith a focus on the weird and eerie forces that lurk beneath the surface of ordinary experience, Kate Folk’s debut collection is perfectly pitched to the madness of our current moment. A medical ward for a mysterious bone-melting disorder is the setting of a perilous love triangle. A curtain of void obliterates the globe at a steady pace, forcing Earth’s remaining inhabitants to decide with whom they want to spend eternity. A man fleeing personal scandal enters a codependent relationship with a house that requires a particularly demanding level of care. And in the title story, originally published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker,\u003c\/i\u003e a woman in San Francisco uses dating apps to find a partner despite the threat posed by “blots,” preternaturally handsome artificial men dispatched by Russian hackers to steal data. Meanwhile, in a poignant companion piece, a woman and a blot forge a genuine, albeit doomed, connection.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePrescient and wildly imaginative, \u003ci\u003eOut There\u003c\/i\u003e depicts an uncanny landscape that holds a mirror to our subconscious fears and desires. Each story beats with its own fierce heart, and together they herald an exciting new arrival in the tradition of speculative literary fiction.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52524830851361,"sku":null,"price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/1011\/2545\/files\/IMG-0464.jpg?v=1774983335","url":"https:\/\/www.elmsidegoods.com\/products\/out-there","provider":"Elmside Goods ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}