{"product_id":"patchwork-paperback-1","title":"Patchwork - 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\u003eTom Comitta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Comitta returns with a novella that is at once a picaresque quest for a stolen snuffbox and a marvel of literary découpage, equal parts love story, old-fashioned thriller, and absurdist romp.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo whom does a story belong? Who is its author? What is an author? Does it matter? These questions and more populate the subversive and audacious \u003ci\u003ePatchwork\u003c\/i\u003e, a comical tragedy that highlights the connective tissue that joins stories to themselves as well as to the grand history of storytelling itself. Celebrating the tropes and clichés of classical novels while simultaneously forging them into an original narrative, \u003ci\u003ePatchwork\u003c\/i\u003e ultimately shows us that the stories produced by hundreds of writers past--celebrated or obscure, reverent or hilarious, factual or fantastical--may, in the hands of a master, become a single, seamless whole.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Comitta is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nature Book\u003c\/i\u003e (Coffee House Press) and \u003ci\u003ePeople's Choice Literature: The Most Wanted and Unwanted Novels\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia University Press). Their fiction and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eWIRED\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e. Comitta works as a book designer and lives in Los Angeles with their partner, child, and pooch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47266060337401,"sku":"9781566897297","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/iBcITncvR19781566897297.webp?v=1768847492","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/patchwork-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}