{"product_id":"dear-cyborgs-paperback","title":"Dear Cyborgs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEugene Lim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eVol. 1 Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e's Favorite Fiction Books of 2017, a \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e Staff Favorite Book of 2017, and one of \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine's Looking Back on 2017: Literature Selections.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWondrous . . . [A] sense of the erratic and tangential quality of everyday life--even if it's displaced into a bizarre, parallel world--drifts off the page, into the world you see, after reading \u003ci\u003eDear Cyborgs\u003c\/i\u003e. --Hua Hsu, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a small Midwestern town, two Asian American boys bond over their outcast status and a mutual love of comic books. Meanwhile, in an alternative or perhaps future universe, a team of superheroes ponder modern society during their time off. Between black-ops missions and rescuing hostages, they swap stories of artistic malaise and muse on the seemingly inescapable grip of market economics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGleefully toying with the conventions of the novel, \u003ci\u003eDear Cyborgs \u003c\/i\u003eweaves together the story of a friendship's dissolution with a provocative and timely meditation on protest. Through a series of linked monologues, a lively cast of characters explores narratives of resistance--protest art, eco-terrorists, Occupy squatters, pyromaniacal militants--and the extent to which any of these can truly withstand and influence the cold demands of contemporary capitalism. All the while, a mysterious cybernetic book of clairvoyance beckons, and trusted allies start to disappear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEntwining comic-book villains with cultural critiques, Eugene Lim's \u003ci\u003eDear Cyborgs \u003c\/i\u003eis a fleet-footed literary exploration of power, friendship, and creativity. Ambitious and knowing, it combines detective pulps, subversive philosophy, and Hollywood chase scenes, unfolding like the composites and revelations of a dream.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEugene Lim\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eFog \u0026amp; Car \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eFence\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Denver Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Little Star\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Dazed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere. He is the founder and managing editor of Ellipsis Press and works as a librarian in a high school. He lives in Queens, New Y\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.4 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724252385343,"sku":"9780374537111","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7b1ea69b69bcb377202ad4bc1dc508a8.webp?v=1765102034","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/dear-cyborgs-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}