{"product_id":"subdivision-paperback","title":"Subdivision - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. Robert Lennon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA heady, inventive, fantastical novel about the nature of memory and the difficulty of confronting trauma \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn unnamed woman checks into a guesthouse in a mysterious district known only as the Subdivision. The guesthouse's owners, Clara and the Judge, are welcoming and helpful, if oddly preoccupied by the perpetually baffling jigsaw puzzle in the living room. With little more than a hand-drawn map and vague memories of her troubled past, the narrator ventures out in search of a job, an apartment, and a fresh start in life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccompanied by an unusually assertive digital assistant named Cylvia, the narrator is drawn deeper into an increasingly strange, surreal, and threatening world, which reveals itself to her through a series of darkly comic encounters reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels.\u003c\/i\u003e A lovelorn truck driver . . . a mysterious child . . . a watchful crow. A cryptic birthday party. A baffling physics experiment in a defunct office tower where some calamity once happened. Through it all, the narrator is tempted and manipulated by the bakemono, a shape-shifting demon who poses a distinctly terrifying danger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHarrowing, meticulous, and deranged, \u003ci\u003eSubdivision \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliant maze of a novel from the writer Kelly Link has called \"a master of the dark arts.\" With the narrative intensity and mordant humor familiar to readers of \u003ci\u003eBroken River\u003c\/i\u003e, J. Robert Lennon continues his exploration of the mysteries of perception and memory.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Robert Lennon\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of nine novels and three story collections, including \u003ci\u003eLet Me Think\u003c\/i\u003e. His fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 06, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42163033899143,"sku":"9781644450482","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8347f94af926105713f34a095cb77923.webp?v=1733294194","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/subdivision-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}