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An Oral History of Atlantis

By Ed Park

An Oral History of Atlantis Essays & Short Stories

An Oral History of Atlantis

By Ed Park

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Gilt-edged stories that slice clean through the mundanity of modern life, from the author of Same Bed Different Dreams, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize “Ed Park is one of the funniest writers working today, and among the most humane.”—Kaveh Akbar, author of Martyr! A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR, Boston Globe, Electric Lit, Lit Hub, Shelf Awareness In “Machine City” a college student’s chance role in a friend’s movie blurs the line between his character and his true self. (Is he a robot?) In “Slide to Unlock” a man comes to terms with his life via the passwords he struggles to remember in extremis. (What’s his mom’s name backward?) And in “Weird Menace” a director and faded movie star gab about science fiction, bad costume choices, and lost loves on a commentary track for a B-film from the ’80s that neither remembers all that well. In Ed Park’s utterly original collection, An Oral History of Atlantis, characters bemoan their fleeting youth, focus on their breathing, meet cute, break up, write book reviews, translate ancient glyphs, bid on stuff online, whale watch, and once in a while find solace in the sublime. Throughout, Park deploys his trademark wit to create a world both strikingly recognizable and delightfully other. Spanning a quarter century, these sixteen stories tell the absurd truth about our lives. They capture the moment when the present becomes the past—and are proof positive that Ed Park is one of the most imaginative and insightful writers working today.
Product details
Number of Pages:
224
Release Date:
2025-07-29
Publication Date:
2025-07-29
Publisher:
Random House Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0812998995
ISBN13:
9780812998993
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
370 g
Height:
144 cm
Width:
214 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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