{"product_id":"jamestown-isbn-9781933368603","title":"Jamestown","description":"\u003ci\u003eJamestown\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles a group of “settlers” (more like survivors) from the ravaged island of Manhattan, departing just as the Chrysler Building has mysteriously plummeted to the earth. This ragged band is heading down what’s left of I-95 in a half-school bus, half-Millennium Falcon. Their goal is to establish an outpost in southern Virginia, find oil, and exploit the Indians controlling the area. Based on actual accounts of the Jamestown settlement from 1607 to 1617, \u003ci\u003eJamestown\u003c\/i\u003e features historical characters including John Smith, Pocahontas, and others enacting an imaginative re-version of life in the pioneer colony. In this retelling, Pocahontas’s father Powhatan is half-Falstaff, half-Henry V, while his consigliere is a psychiatrist named Sidney Feingold. John Martin gradually loses body parts in a series of violent encounters, and John Smith is a ruthless and pragmatic redhead continually undermining the aristocratic leadership. Communication is by text-messaging, IMing, and, ultimately, telepathy. Punctuated by jokes, rhymes, “rim shot” dialogue, and bloody black-comic tableaux, \u003ci\u003eJamestown\u003c\/i\u003e is a trenchant commentary on America's past and present that confirms Matthew Sharpe’s status as a major talent in contemporary fiction.\u003cb\u003eMatthew Sharpe\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist and short story writer. Born in New York City, but grew up in a small town in Connecticut. Sharpe graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio. Afterwards, he worked at US Magazine until he went back to school at Columbia University, where he pursued an MFA. Since then, he has been teaching creative writing at various institutions including Columbia University, Bard College, the New College of Florida, and Wesleyan University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eNothing Is Terrible\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sleeping Father\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJamestown\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYou Were Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the short-story collection \u003ci\u003eStories from the Tube\u003c\/i\u003e. His stories and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZoetrope\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Letters \u0026amp; Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouthwest Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTeachers \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He teaches creative writing at Wesleyean University.","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305094467813,"sku":"NP9781933368603","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781933368603.jpg?v=1767730331","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/jamestown-isbn-9781933368603","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}