{"product_id":"atavists-stories","title":"Atavists : Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fast-moving, heartbreaking collection of linked stories that evokes the joy and alienation between generations and classes in the era of mass overwhelm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Lydia Millet—“the American writer with the funniest, wisest grasp on how we fool ourselves” (Chicago Tribune)—comes an inventive new collection of short fiction.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtavists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efollows a group of families, couples and loners in their collisions, confessions and conflicts in a post-pandemic America of artificially lush lawns, beauty salons, tech-bro mansions, assisted-living facilities, big-box stores, gastropubs, college campuses and medieval role-playing festivals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe various “-ists” who people these linked stories—from futurists to insurrectionists to cosmetologists—include a professor who’s morbidly fixated on an old friend’s Instagram account; a woman convinced that her bright young son-in-law is watching geriatric porn; a bodybuilder who lives an incel’s fantasy life; a couple who surveil the neighbours after finding obscene notes in their mailbox; a pretentious academic accused of plagiarism; and a suburban ex-marathoner father obsessed with hosting refugees in a tiny house in his garden.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WW Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49984115802392,"sku":"9781324074410","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/2852\/6872\/files\/9781324074410_2b198.jpg?v=1744745629","url":"https:\/\/www.clearysbookstore.com\/products\/atavists-stories","provider":"Cleary's Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}