{"product_id":"the-understory-isbn-9781935639855","title":"The Understory","description":"\u003cb\u003eSet in New York City and in a Buddhist monastery in rural Vermont, The Understory is both a mystery and a psychological study and reveals that repression and self-expression can be equally destructive.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Understory—the debut novel from the critically acclaimed author of The Virgins —is the haunting portrayal of Jack Gorse, an ex-lawyer, now unemployed, who walls off his inner life with elaborate rituals and routines. Every day he takes the same walk from his Upper West Side apartment to the Brooklyn Bridge. He follows the same path through Central Park; he stops to browse in the same bookstore, to eat lunch in the same diner. Threatened with eviction from his longtime apartment and caught off-guard by an attraction to a near stranger, Gorse takes steps that lead to the dramatic dissolution of the only existence he’s known. As the narrative alternates between his days in New York City and his present life in a Vermont Buddhist Monastery, The Understory unfolds as both a mystery and a psychological study, revealing that repression and self-expression can be equally destructive.PAMELA ERENS’s second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Virgins\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review Editor’s Choice and was named a Best Book of 2013 by the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and Salon. The novel was a finalist for the John Gardner Book Award for the best book of fiction published in 2013. Pamela’s debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Understory\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Her essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in publications such as \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Millions.","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233759408357,"sku":"NP9781935639855","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781935639855.jpg?v=1767741985","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-understory-isbn-9781935639855","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}