{"product_id":"iris-has-free-time-paperback","title":"Iris Has Free Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIris Smyles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModeled on Dante's \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e and riffing on Proust's \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIris Has Free Time\u003c\/i\u003e is a subtle, complicated, funny, bold, lyrical and literary, sad and wise book about youth, time, and what it means to grow up. An instant classic and essential reading for anyone who has ever been young. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"There, I came across a cluster of NYU graduates standing in cap and gown. They were laughing and posing for photos. Was it June again already? Their voices echoed through the subway tunnel. 'Congratulations ' 'Congratulations ' their parents said. And I wanted to yell, 'Don't do it  Go back  You don't know what it's like '\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether passed out drunk at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e where she's interning; assigning \u003ci\u003eCliffs Notes\u003c\/i\u003e when hired to teach humanities at a local college; getting banned from a fleet of Greek Island ferries while on vacation, or trying to piece together the events of yet another puzzling blackout--\"I prefer to call them pink-outs, because I'm a girl\"--Iris is never short on misadventures. From quarter-life crisis to the shock of turning thirty, Iris Has Free Time charts a madcap, melancholic course through that curious age--one's twenties--when childhood is over, supposedly.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIris Smyles\u003c\/b\u003e has written for numerous publications including \u003ci\u003eNerve, New York Press, McSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e. She was awarded The Doris Lippman Prize for fiction, The Adria Schwartz Fiction Award, The Geraldine Griffin Moore Short Story Award and is a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eSplice Today\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696958705727,"sku":"9781593765194","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bba65a90ee33e4a3f77b16aea2cf6270.webp?v=1765007944","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/iris-has-free-time-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}