{"product_id":"three-moments-of-an-explosion-stories-used","title":"Three Moments Of An Explosion: Stories-used","description":"\u003cp\u003eNamed One Of The Best Books Of The Year By The Washington Post ?Npr ?The Guardian ?Kirkus Reviews ?The Fiction Of Multiple Awardwinning Author China Mi?Ille Is Powered By Intelligence And Imagination. Like George Saunders, Karen Russell, And David Mitchell, He Pulls From A Variety Of Genres With Equal Facility, Employing The Fantastic Not To Escape From Reality But Instead To Interrogate It In Provocative, Unexpected Ways.London Awakes One Morning To Find Itself Besieged By A Sky Full Of Floating Icebergs. Destroyed Oil Rigs, Mysteriously Reborn, Clamber From The Sea And Onto The Land, Driven By An Obscure Purpose. An Anatomy Student Cuts Open A Cadaver To Discover Impossibly Intricate Designs Carved Into A Corpse? Bonesdesigns Clearly Present From Birth, Bearing Mute Testimony To . . . What?Of Such Concepts And Unforgettable Images Are Made The Twentyeight Stories In This Collectionmany Published Here For The First Time. By Turns Speculative, Satirical, And Heartwrenching, Fresh In Form And Language, And Featuring A Cast Of Damaged Yet Hopeful Seekers Who Come Facetoface With The Deep Weirdness Of The Worldand At Times The Deeper Weirdness Of Themselvesthree Moments Of An Explosion Is A Fitting Showcase For One Of Literature? Most Original Voices.Praise For Three Moments Of An Explosion?Hina Mi?Ille Is Dazzling. His Latest Collection Of Short Stories, Three Moments Of An Explosion, Crowds Virtuosity Into Every Sentence.?The New York Times?Ou Can? Talk About [China] Mi?Ille Without Using The Word ?Rilliant.?. . . His Wit Dazzles, His Humour Is Lively, And The Pure Vitality Of His Imagination Is Astonishing.?Ursula K. Le Guin, The Guardian?A] Gripping Collection . . . Mi?Ille Expertly Mixes Science Fiction, Fantasy And Surrealism. . . . Amid The Longer Stories Are More Cerebral, Poetic Flash Pieces That Will Haunt The Reader Beyond The Pages Of This Exceptional Book.?The Washington Post?He Stories Shine . . . With A Winking Brilliance.?The Seattle Times?Indbending Excursions Into The Fantastic.?Npr?Radbury Meets Borges, With Lovecraft Gibbering Tumultuously Just Out Of Hearing.?Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)?Hree Moments Of An Explosion Is A Book Filled With Fabulous Oddities.?Entertainment Weekly?I?Ille Moves Effortlessly Among Realism, Fantasy, And Surrealism. . . . His Characters, Whether Ordinary Witnesses To Extraordinary Events Or Lunatics Operating Out Of Inexplicable Compulsions, Are Invariably Well Drawn And Compelling.?Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ergodebooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46537528901877,"sku":"SONG110188472X","price":11.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/41MTc-YF0ML.jpg?v=1744018159","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/three-moments-of-an-explosion-stories-used","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}