{"product_id":"the-flamethrowers-9781439142011","title":"The Flamethrowers","description":"\u003cb\u003e* Selected as ONE of the BEST BOOKS of the 21st CENTURY by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times * \u003c\/i\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's #1 Book of the Year * Best Book of the Year by: \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003e Vogue;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e The San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTime;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFlavorwire;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Superb...Scintillatingly alive...A pure explosion of now.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReno, so-called because of the place of her birth, comes to New York intent on turning her fascination with motorcycles and speed into art. Her arrival coincides with an explosion of activity--artists colonize a deserted and industrial SoHo, stage actions in the East Village, blur the line between life and art. Reno is submitted to a sentimental education of sorts--by dreamers, poseurs, and raconteurs in New York and by radicals in Italy, where she goes with her lover to meet his estranged and formidable family. Ardent, vulnerable, and bold, Reno is a fiercely memorable observer, superbly realized by Rachel Kushner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRachel Kushner is the author of \u003ci\u003eCreation Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, her latest novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Hard Crowd, \u003c\/i\u003eher acclaimed essay collection, and the internationally bestselling novels \u003ci\u003eThe Mars Room, The Flamethrowers, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTelex from Cuba\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a book of short stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Case of Rachel K. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has won the Prix Médicis and been a finalist for the Booker Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Folio Prize, and was twice a finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction. She is a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and the recipient of the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her books are translated into twenty-seven languages.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50601001976082,"sku":"9781439142011","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c080b041-7c38-4d8e-935d-80abf57c0ab9.jpg?v=1732219264","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-flamethrowers-9781439142011","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}