{"product_id":"the-age-of-wire-and-string-paperback","title":"The Age of Wire and String - 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\u003eBen Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Wire and String\u003c\/em\u003e, hailed by Robert Coover as \"the most audacious literary debut in decades,\" Ben Marcus weilds together a new reality from the scrapheap of the past.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dogs, birds, horses, automobiles, and the weather are some of the recycled elements in Marcus's first collection--part fiction, part handbook--as familiar objects take on markedly unfamiliar meanings. Gradually, this makeshift world, in its defiance of the laws of physics and language, finds a foundation in its own implausibility, as Marcus produces new feelings and sensations--both comic and disturbing--in \u003cem\u003ethe\u003c\/em\u003e definitive guide to an unpredictable yet exhilarating plane of existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBen Marcus\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Chicago in 1967. The son of a mathematician and a literary scholar, he was raised in the Midwest, Austin, London, Aarhus, and New York. He holds degrees from New York University and Brown University, and has taught at schools in Texas, Virginia, New York, and Rhode Island. In addition to \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Wire and String\u003c\/em\u003e, he is also the author of \u003cem\u003eNotable American Women, Leaving the Sea, New American Stories, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eNotes from the Fog\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378724925542,"sku":"9781628975710","price":27.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/hgkM2nM3rC9781628975710.webp?v=1768907771","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-age-of-wire-and-string-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}