{"product_id":"the-coma-paperback-1","title":"The Coma - 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\u003eAlex Garland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Carl awakens from a coma after being attacked on a subway train, life around him feels unfamiliar, even strange. He arrives at his best friend's house without remembering how he got there; he seems to be having an affair with his secretary, which is pleasant but surprising. He starts to notice distortions in his experience, strange leaps in his perception of time. Is he truly reacting with the outside world, he wonders, or might he be terribly mistaken? So begins a dark psychological drama that raises questions about the the human psyche, dream versus reality, and the boundaries of consciousness. As Carl grapples with his predicament, Alex Garland - author of \u003ci\u003eThe Beach\u003c\/i\u003e and the screenplay for \u003ci\u003e28 Days Later\u003c\/i\u003e, plays with conventions and questions our assumptions about the way we exist in the world, even as it draws us into the unsettling and haunting book about a lost suitcase and a forgotten identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex Garland is the author of the bestselling generational classic \u003cb\u003eThe Beach\u003c\/b\u003e and of \u003cb\u003eThe Tesseract\u003c\/b\u003e, a national bestseller and \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e Notable Book. He also wrote the original screenplay of the critically acclaimed film \u003cb\u003e28 Days Later\u003c\/b\u003e. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 7.98 x 5.26 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 July 05, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247257927929,"sku":"9781594480850","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/R1k1U1BSVkNzMFZIMlFNT3F1WkZsZz09_6a01a754-8a70-4c0a-b405-a9df6d4c75fc.webp?v=1768621292","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-coma-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}