{"product_id":"ghosts-of-new-york-9781949199963","title":"Ghosts of New York","description":"\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wondrous novel, with prose that sparkles like certain sidewalks after rain. . . . That's it, I thought. That's exactly what it's like to live in New York.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ghosts of New York is a novel in which the laws of time and space have been subtly suspended. It interweaves four strands: a photographer newly returned to the neighborhood where she grew up, after years spent living overseas; a foundling raised on 14th Street; a graduate student, his romantic partner, and his best friend entangled in a set of relationships with far-reaching personal and political repercussions; and a shopkeeper suffering from first love late in life. Mixing prophecy, history, and a hint of speculative fiction, its stories are bound together even as they are propelled into stranger territory. And undergirding it all is a song, which appears, disappears, and then resurfaces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhosts of New York\u003c\/i\u003e explores complex lives through indelible renderings of settings--a bar, a night market, a recording studio--that alternate between familiar and unsettling. The work of a celebrated novelist and veteran of the art, film, and music scenes in New York and Austin (described as \"a rare talent\" by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \"a powerful literary voice\" by Jeffrey Eugenides), this novel will immediately absorb readers intrigued by creative people and the places that sustain and challenge them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJim Lewis lives in Austin and is the author of three novels, which have been translated into many languages: \u003ci\u003eSister\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy the Tree Loves the Ax\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe King Is Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written criticism, reportage, and essays for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, and others, and he collaborated with Larry Clark on the story for the movie \u003ci\u003eKids\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"West Virginia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50529059176722,"sku":"9781949199963","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_258e26ca-5899-4b43-9529-1c1a600a6f81.jpg?v=1731339406","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ghosts-of-new-york-9781949199963","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}