{"product_id":"what-am-i-a-deer-9781804272176","title":"What Am I, a Deer?","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith astonishing existential acuity, Polly Barton's formidable debut novel renders the paradoxes of modern life in all its complexity, in deliriously self-conscious prose that is at once propulsive, titillating and bitingly funny. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to lose yourself - and is that something you should be aiming for? A young woman with little interest in games takes up a job in Frankfurt at a famous gaming company, naively set on reinvention. On her morning commute, in the familiar clutches of tedium and self-loathing, she encounters a nice-eyed stranger who returns her forgotten umbrella and finds herself catapulted into a dizzying, year-long whirlwind of obsession - not just with this endlessly attractive spectre, but also with the feverish karaoke trips from which she draws the ultimate solace. With astonishing existential acuity, Polly Barton's formidable debut novel renders the paradoxes of modern life in all its complexity, in deliriously self-conscious prose that is at once propulsive, titillating and bitingly funny. Echoing with the sounds of Whitney Houston and The Cure, reaching for the sublime in dark, sweaty boxes, \u003ci\u003eWhat Am I, A Deer?\u003c\/i\u003e is an exhilarating exploration of authenticity, fantasy, romance and intoxication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarton, Polly:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Polly Barton is a writer and Japanese literary translator. Her translations include \u003ci\u003eButter\u003c\/i\u003e by Asako Yuzuki, \u003ci\u003eHunchback\u003c\/i\u003e by Saou Ichikawa, \u003ci\u003eWhere the Wild Ladies Are\u003c\/i\u003e by Aoko Matsuda, and \u003ci\u003eThere's No Such Thing as an Easy Job\u003c\/i\u003e by Kikuko Tsumura. She has published two works of non-fiction, \u003ci\u003eFifty Sounds\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she won the 2019 Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize, and \u003ci\u003ePorn: An Oral History\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eWhat Am I, A Deer?\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel.","brand":"Fitzcarraldo Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52176276160786,"sku":"9781804272176","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d3657a9a-cecd-4ed9-b905-9214d02d5972.jpg?v=1775561210","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/what-am-i-a-deer-9781804272176","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}