{"product_id":"2940169183023","title":"Same Same: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the shifting sands of the desert, near an unnamed metropolis, there is an institute where various fellows come to undertake projects of great significance. But when our sort-of hero, Percy Frobisher, arrives, surrounded by the simulated environment of the glass-enclosed dome of the Institute, his mind goes completely blank. When he spills something on his uniform amp;mdash; a major faux pas amp;mdash; he learns about a mysterious shop where you can take something, utter the command ¿same same,¿ and receive a replica even better than the original.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagining a world in which simulacra have as much value as the real amp;mdash; so much so that any distinction between the two vanishes, and even language seeks to reproduce meaning through ever more degraded copies of itself amp;mdash; Peter Mendelsund has crafted a deeply unsettling novel about what it means to exist and to create...and a future that may not be far off.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114174136560,"sku":"2940169183023","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169183023_p0.jpg?v=1763674686","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169183023","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}