{"product_id":"hybrid-creatures-stories-paperback","title":"Hybrid Creatures: Stories - 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\u003eMatthew Baker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Griffith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHybrid Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e, Matthew Baker's sharp and innovative collection, follows four very different protagonists as they search for, and struggle with, connection: an amateur hacker attempts to track down his vanished mentor; a math prodigy, the child of divorced parents, struggles with being torn between his two families; a composer takes a spontaneous trip to Nashville while mourning his husband's death and gets trapped on a hotel rooftop with a hipster; and a wayward philosopher accepts a job working for an industrial farming corporation. Through-out, Baker explores the inner dialogue of failed, floundering, and successful bonds between strangers, among family and friends, and even within a person. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePairing the emotional pursuit of connection with multiple forms of communication, Baker weaves the languages of HTML, mathematics, mu-sical notations, and propositional logic into the storytelling in order to unveil nuances of experiences and emotions. This poignant formal invention articulates loneliness, grief, doubt, and comfort in ways that are inaccessible through traditional language alone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn both form and content, Baker captures the complexities of breaking and forming connections with other people, and the various lan-guages we use to navigate this inescapable human need--resulting in a moving exploration of interpersonal bonds.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Baker is the author of the children's novel \u003ci\u003eIf You Find This, \u003c\/i\u003e a \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e Top Ten Debut of 2015 and an Edgar Award Nominee for Best Juvenile Mystery. Baker's stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Short Fiction, New England Review, The Southern Review, Electric Literature, One Story, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.39 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228829040889,"sku":"9780807168868","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NUxCQ09xY1AyaTRvVURkN2FneEJkZz09.webp?v=1768296411","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/hybrid-creatures-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}