{"product_id":"the-effect-of-living-backwards-isbn-9780425198179","title":"The Effect of Living Backwards","description":"\u003cb\u003eFollowing her acclaimed debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Mineral Palace\u003c\/i\u003e, Heidi Julavits presents a quirky, compelling novel about two sisters, a bizarre event, and the elusive nature of truth—a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoes Alice really hate her sister, or is that love? Was she really enrolled in grad school, or was that an elaborate hoax? Is this really a hijacking, or is it merely the effect of living backwards?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Heidi Julavits—no stranger to edgy, dark topics—takes liberties with conventional notions of hijacking and hostages, weaving humor in a zingy and brainy spectrum...If you can take successive shots of wit with gulps of moral inquisition, then this fine book is for you.”—\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Effect of Living Backwards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Savage and funny…wildly inventive.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fasten your seatbelt…[Julavits] has written a wickedly funny novel.”—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “With astounding intelligence and unceasing acuity, Heidi Julavits fulfills the great promise of her talents, and jumps to the forefront of her generation. This could be the smartest and most challenging book I’ve read by anyone our age, and beyond that, it’s just plain hard to put down.”—Dave Eggers\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eBackwards\u003c\/i\u003e is colorful, bright, funny, and intriguing, and you genuinely care about Alice. Her smartly off-kilter sarcasm and sharp, cynical sound bites allow her to cope…while Julavits’s elliptical narrative makes our own days seem boring and linear by contrast.”—\u003ci\u003eSeattle Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Profound and unsettling.”—\u003ci\u003eThe San Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[A] gripping intellectual thriller.”—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  “An absolute tour de force.”—George Saunders  \u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “One of the first novels to make sense—albeit with lots of crazy, satirical twists—of the post-Sept. 11 world.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Buffalo News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeidi Julavits\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four critically acclaimed novels (\u003ci\u003eThe Vanishers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Uses of Enchantment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Effect of Living Backwards\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Mineral Palace\u003c\/i\u003e) and co-editor, with Sheila Heti and Leanne Shapton, of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eWomen in Clothes\u003c\/i\u003e. Her fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney’s\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, among other places.","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305300512997,"sku":"NP9780425198179","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425198179.jpg?v=1767739138","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-effect-of-living-backwards-isbn-9780425198179","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}