{"product_id":"life-among-the-terranauts-9780316316972","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 \u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaitlin Horrocks\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eThis Is Not Your City\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel\u003ci\u003e The Vexations\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003eTop Ten Book of the Year. She is a recipient of the O. Henry Prize, the Pushcart Prize, and the Plimpton Prize. Her fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review, Tin House\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOne Story, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other magazines, and has been reprinted in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives with her family in Grand Rapids, Michigan.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50553634357522,"sku":"9780316316972","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a062f718-4dd3-4e8c-b333-cf9154acb73f.jpg?v=1731700418","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/life-among-the-terranauts-9780316316972","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}