{"product_id":"ply-diaz-hernan","title":"PREORDER - Ply by Hernan Diaz (9\/29\/26)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrust\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eturns to the future with a novel that examines the place of technology in the American imagination\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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 art and music scene where she powers underground concerts. It also leads her to a colossal scientific invention that could change the very fabric of reality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter rewriting America's past with his two previous novels, Hernan Diaz defies expectations with his third and gives us a breathtaking glimpse into the future. A major achievement from a major contemporary writer, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e poignantly charts the tenuous boundaries of selfhood and the distance that inevitably stands between us and those we love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\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 Prize, a Whiting Award, and a fellowship from the New York Public Library's Cullman Center. His work has been translated into thirty-seven languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49195431198972,"sku":"9780593719541","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/4841\/1388\/files\/9780593719541.webp?v=1781386589","url":"https:\/\/www.morethanwordsfm.com\/products\/ply-diaz-hernan","provider":"More Than Words","version":"1.0","type":"link"}