{"product_id":"9781440635021","title":"Shining at the Bottom of the Sea","description":"A virtuoso performance from a literary talent who crafts a vividly drawn history of an imaginary country. In this stylistic tour de force, Stephen Marche creates the entire culture of a place called Sanjania—its national symbols, political movements, folk heroes, a group of writers dubbed \"fictioneers,\" a national airline called Sanjair, and a rich literary history.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This richly detailed story takes you to an island nation whose English-speaking citizens draw upon the English, American, Australian, and Canadian literary traditions. Marche has compiled this brilliant anthology, guiding the reader from the rough-and-tumble pamphlets of 1870s Sanjania to the extraordinary longing of the writings of the Sanjanian Diaspora. These works develop into a \u003ci\u003eRashomon\u003c\/i\u003e-like story, introducing us to illustrious Sanjanian figures such as the repentant prostitute Pigeon Blackhat and the magically talented couple Caesar and Endurance. The result is a vibrant evocation of a country—from the birth pangs of its first settlers and their hardy vernacular to its revolutionary years and all the way to the present.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123553648880,"sku":"9781440635021","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781440635021_p0.jpg?v=1763791157","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781440635021","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}