{"product_id":"pym-paperback","title":"Pym - 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\u003eMat Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"THE SHARPEST AND MOST UNUSUAL STORY I READ LAST YEAR . . .  Mat] Johnson's satirical vision roves as freely as Kurt Vonnegut's and is colored with the same sort of passionate humanitarianism.\"--Maud Newton, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post - Vanity Fair - Houston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e- The Seattle Times - \u003c\/i\u003eSalon - \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003eThe A.V. Club \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecently canned professor of American literature Chris Jaynes has just made a startling discovery: the manuscript of a crude slave narrative that confirms the reality of Edgar Allan Poe's strange and only novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket\u003c\/i\u003e. Determined to seek out Tsalal, the remote island of pure and utter blackness that Poe describes, Jaynes convenes an all-black crew of six to follow Pym's trail to the South Pole, armed with little but the firsthand account from which Poe derived his seafaring tale, a bag of bones, and a stash of Little Debbie snack cakes. Thus begins an epic journey by an unlikely band of adventurers under the permafrost of Antarctica, beneath the surface of American history, and behind one of literature's great mysteries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Outrageously entertaining,  \u003ci\u003ePym\u003c\/i\u003e] brilliantly re-imagines and extends Edgar Allan Poe's enigmatic and unsettling \u003ci\u003eNarrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . Part social satire, part meditation on race in America, part metafiction and, just as important, a rollicking fantasy adventure . . . reminiscent of Philip Roth in its seemingly effortless blend of the serious, comic and fantastic.\"--Michael Dirda, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Blisteringly funny.\"--Laura Miller, Salon\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Relentlessly entertaining.\"\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Imagine Kurt Vonnegut having a beer with Ralph Ellison and Jules Verne.\"--\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Screamingly funny . . . Reading \u003ci\u003ePym\u003c\/i\u003e is like opening a big can of whoop-ass and then marveling--gleefully--at all the mayhem that ensues.\"--\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMat Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in Philadelphia, and has lived most of his life elsewhere. He is the author of several novels and graphic novels including \u003ci\u003eDrop, Hunting in Harlem, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIncognegro\u003c\/i\u003e. Johnson is a faculty member at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program and lives in Texas with his wife and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228974203129,"sku":"9780812981766","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/S0ZkZlM1REhtSkR4WnJML0s5TTBMZz09.webp?v=1768296896","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/pym-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}