{"product_id":"9781573668200","title":"The Size of the Universe","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe landscape of this novel in stories—Joseph Cardinale’s first book-length work of fiction—is as familiar as childhood yet beguilingly surreal. The question of whether or not the child in the first fiction and the man in the last story are the same person—and whether any person is the same from one moment to the next—is perhaps the book’s main question.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn prose as spare as it is meticulous, \u003ci\u003eThe Size of the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e conjures an elegant labyrinth of time, space, and memory, in which a wavering self, a self on the verge of becoming nothing, seeks a safe haven from the throes of near-religious ecstasy. It is a debut work that is inviting, perplexing, and bold.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129359024368,"sku":"9781573668200","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781573668200_p0.jpg?v=1763797640","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781573668200","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}