{"product_id":"the-drowned-life-9780061435065","title":"The Drowned Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a town that brews a strange intoxicant from a rare fruit called the deathberry--and once a year a handful of citizens are selected to drink it. . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a life lived beneath the water--among rotted buildings and bloated corpses--by those so overburdened by the world's demands that they simply give up and go under. . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this mesmerizing blend of the familiar and the fantastic, multiple award-winning \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e notable author Jeffrey Ford creates true wonders and infuses the mundane with magic. In tales marked by his distinctive, dark imagery and fluid, exhilarating prose, he conjures up an annual gale that transforms the real into the impossible, invents a strange scribble that secretly unites a significant portion of society, and spins the myriad dreams of a restless astronaut and his alien lover. Bizarre, beautiful, unsettling, and sublime, \u003cem\u003eThe Drowned Life\u003c\/em\u003e showcases the exceptional talents of one of contemporary fiction's most original artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFord, Jeffrey:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJeffrey Ford is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eThe Physiognomy, Memoranda, The Beyond, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, \u003c\/em\u003ethe Edgar Award-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Girl in the Glass, The Cosmology of the Wider World, The Shadow Year, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Twilight Pariah\u003c\/em\u003e, and his collections include \u003cem\u003eThe Fantasy Writer's Assistant, The Empire of Ice Cream, The Drowned Life, Crackpot Palace, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Natural History of Hell\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives near Columbus, Ohio, and teaches writing at Ohio Wesleyan University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317880459538,"sku":"9780061435065","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_481db4a4-ff9a-4343-a99e-68797c72790d.jpg?v=1727542070","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-drowned-life-9780061435065","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}