{"product_id":"hystopia-paperback","title":"Hystopia - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Means\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Best of the Year Selection by \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle, Commonweal Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003eand the Library of Michigan\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his widely acclaimed and ambitious debut novel, David Means, one of America's greatest living short story writers, has produced a disorienting yet mesmerizing novel-within-a-novel. Twenty-two year old Eugene Allen, a Vietnam War veteran, has penned a revisionist history of the period that, channeled through Means, explores the realities of trauma, both national and personal. Consider Allen's imaginative register: John F. Kennedy has survived multiple attempts on his life and is entering his third term. Meanwhile, as the Vietnam War continues to wage, soldiers returning home face two fates: have their memories of war erased or, if they are too damaged for treatment, be released without monitor. But pain and their toxic strains of PTSD ultimately creates a band of deranged rogues, evading the government and reenacting atrocities on their own people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOutlandish and tender, funny and violent, timely and historical, \u003ci\u003eHystopia\u003c\/i\u003e invites us to consider whether our traumas can ever truly be overcome. The answers it offers are wildly inventive, deeply rooted in its characters, and wrung from the author's own heart.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Means\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several story collections, including \u003ci\u003eAssorted Fire Events\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Goldfish\u003c\/i\u003e, which was short-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize. His stories, which have received numerous honors, including two O. Henry Prizes and two Pushcart Prizes, have been translated into ten languages. He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and teaches at Vassar College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43156904411199,"sku":"9781250118387","price":31.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3lwMV6SFzx9781250118387.webp?v=1776976242","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/hystopia-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}