{"product_id":"life-among-the-terranauts","title":"Life Among the Terranauts","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the \"enthralling\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"beautiful\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) debut novel The Vexations comes an exciting new story collection that is \"perfect for fans of George Saunders and Karen Russell\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e), moving boldly between the real and the surreal \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing her \"marvelous\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) first novel, Caitlin Horrocks returns with a much-anticipated collection of short stories. In her signature, genre-defying style, she explodes our notions of what a story can do and where it can take us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife Among the Terranauts\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates all the inventiveness that won admirers for Horrocks's first collection. In \"The Sleep,\" reprinted in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, residents of a town in the frigid Midwest decide to hibernate through the bitter winters. In the title story, half a dozen people move into an experimental biodome for a shot at a million dollars, if they can survive two years. And in \"Sun City,\" published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003ea young woman meets her grandmother's roommate in the wake of her death and attempts to solve the mystery of whether the two women were lovers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e noted of her first collection, Horrocks is a master of \"wild yet delicately handled satire,\" a \"sprightly heartbreak\" in which she is able to \"mingle a note of tenderness in the desolation.\" With its startling range--from Norwegian trolls to Peruvian tour guides--\u003ci\u003eLife Among the Terranauts \u003c\/i\u003eonce again dazzles readers, cementing Horrocks's reputation as one of the premier young writers of our time.","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39325052469348,"sku":"9780316316972","price":23.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/life-among-the-terranauts","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}