{"product_id":"ply-isbn-9780593719541","title":"Ply","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003eTrust \u003c\/i\u003eturns to the future with a novel that examines the place of technology in the American imagination\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCenturies from now, at the dawn of a historical epoch filled with both uncertainty and promise, an orphan is adrift in a city on the brink of a great transformation. The state has been dismantled, and humans are reinventing social bonds and learning new ways to coexist with nature. Following a childhood defined by loss, survival, and found family, the orphan grows up to become a “pincher,” someone who steals electricity from the grid to sell it on the black market. It’s a high-risk life, one that brings her into a rich downtown art and music scene where she powers underground concerts. It also leads her to a colossal scientific invention that could be either a contraption devised by a deranged mind or a machine that will change the very fabric of reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter rewriting America’s past with his two previous novels, Hernan Diaz now gives us a glimpse into the future. \u003ci\u003ePly\u003c\/i\u003e questions the place of technology in the American experiment with a plot that grabs both heart and mind. It is a novel of ideas built from a story of people. Combining Dickensian odyssey, family drama, and scientific thriller, \u003ci\u003ePly\u003c\/i\u003e poignantly charts the tenuous boundaries of selfhood and the distance that inevitably stands between us and those we love.\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrust\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003cbr\u003eONE OF\u003ci\u003e THE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Intricate, cunning and consistently surprising . . . Diaz has the whole literary past at his fingertips.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e(10 Best Books of the Year)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An elegant, irresistible puzzle.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e(10 Best Books of the Year)\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“With only his second novel, Diaz has become an ambitious and significant voice.” \u003ci\u003e—The Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e(Best Books of the Year)\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Wondrous . . . Diaz is brilliant at dissecting literary conventions and transforming them into something new.” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHernan Diaz\u003c\/b\u003e is the Pulitzer Prize–winning and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest­selling author of \u003ci\u003eTrust\u003c\/i\u003e, one of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e’s 100 Best Books of the Century. His previous novel, \u003ci\u003eIn the Distance\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN\/Faulkner Award. He has received the John Updike Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Kirkus Award, a Whiting Award, and a fellowship from the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center. His work has been translated into thirty-seven languages.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48532179484901,"sku":"NP9780593719541","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593719541.jpg?v=1773182958","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/ply-isbn-9780593719541","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}