Out There: Stories
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- Synopsis
- A 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 Black Mirror&” (Chang-Rae Lee, author of My Year Abroad).&“Stories so sharp and ingenious you may cut yourself on them while reading.&”—Kelly Link, author of Get In TroubleONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022—The MillionsWith 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 The New Yorker, 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. Prescient and wildly imaginative, Out There 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.
- Copyright:
- 2022
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780593231470
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780593231487
- Publisher:
- Random House Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 11/29/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Penguin Random House
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.