{"product_id":"children-of-the-new-world-stories-paperback","title":"Children of the New World: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander Weinstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes After Yang, the basis for the acclaimed A24 film \u003ci\u003eAfter Yang\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Haley Lu Richardson, and directed by Kogonada.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A darkly mesmerizing, fearless, and exquisitely written work. Stunning, harrowing, and brilliantly imagined.\" --Emily St. John Mandel, author of \u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildren of the New World\u003c\/i\u003e introduces readers to a near-future world of social media implants, memory manufacturers, dangerously immersive virtual reality games, and alarmingly intuitive robots. Many of these characters live in a utopian future of instant connection and technological gratification that belies an unbridgeable human distance, while others inhabit a post-collapse landscape made primitive by disaster, which they must work to rebuild as we once did millennia ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"The Cartographers,\" the main character works for a company that creates and sells virtual memories, while struggling to maintain a real-world relationship sabotaged by an addiction to his own creations. In \"After Yang,\" the robotic brother of an adopted Chinese child malfunctions, and only in his absence does the family realize how real a son he has become. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildren of the New World\u003c\/i\u003e grapples with our unease in this modern world and how our ever-growing dependence on new technologies has changed the shape of our society. Alexander Weinstein is a visionary and singular voice in speculative fiction for all of us who are fascinated by and terrified of what we might find on the horizon.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eALEXANDER WEINSTEIN\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of the Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. He is the recipient of a Sustainable Arts Foundation Award, and his stories have received the Lamar York, Gail Crump, and New Millennium Prizes, have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes, and appear in the anthology \u003ci\u003eNew Stories from the Midwest\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an associate professor of creative writing at Siena Heights University and leads fiction workshops in the United States and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44305849679974,"sku":"9781250098993","price":23.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/a0gzUk9mT2tld2o2NDdhNWozV2Rtdz09.webp?v=1767678930","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/children-of-the-new-world-stories-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}