{"product_id":"9781495106057","title":"Adrift in a Vanishing City","description":"\u003cbr\u003eFiction. Preface by Samuel R. Delany. \"Deeply romantic (in the best sense) and darkly evocative, Czyz's lush style explores regions well beyond simple narrative, probing the constantly shifting, oblique connections between failure, memory and the forever-incomplete nature of human desire. A moody, gorgeous and formally innovative collection, ADRIFT IN A VANISHING CITY deserves a wide audience among readers who understand that fiction is about more than getting a character from one room to the next.\"—Greg Burkman, \u003cem\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Written in hauntingly lyrical prose, Czyz's short stories unfold like a vivid tapestry that is held together by [the] thread of human experience.\"—Michelle Howe, \u003cem\u003eNewark Star Ledger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Certain books require a patient reader, one with the ability to concentrate closely and intently. Sentences are not straightforward or transparent, but long and labyrinthine, like intriguing yet shadowy dreams. The writing, more like poetry than prose, calls attention to language, to the fullness of a word, a sentence, with the purpose of expressing inexpressible emotions and experiences. Think of Proust's \u003cem\u003eRemembrance of Things Past\u003c\/em\u003e or Faulkner's \u003cem\u003eThe Sound and the Fury\u003c\/em\u003e or, more recently, William Vollmann's \u003cem\u003eFathers and Crows\u003c\/em\u003e. [...] Vincent Czyz's ADRIFT IN A VANISHING CITY is just this sort of work: lyrical and pensive, an odd and often beautiful portrait of longing.\"—Capper Nichols, \u003cem\u003eMinnesota Daily\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rain Mountain Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038754390256,"sku":"9781495106057","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781495106057_p0.jpg?v=1763666678","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781495106057","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}