{"product_id":"two-stories-by-adem-berbic","title":"TWO STORIES by Adem Berbic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe next time Trent wakes up it’s 4 a.m. on Wednesday, August 4, 1993. Therapists prepare us for death and Morrissey just released his third solo album.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrent and Daryl are a couple living together in San Francisco in the early nineties. This story follows them over the course of one day as they prepare to throw a dinner party, while dealing with— among other things—ailing pet fish, HIV, a psychotic stalker ex, annoying friends, a new job and the ennui of approaching middle age. Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s \u003cem\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePurple Men 2000\u003c\/em\u003e is Robert Glück’s distinct take on the “day in the life” genre: funny, smart, uncomfortable and moving in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Because Glück emphatically constructs the reality he shows, his reader is always aware of the writer writing; and this translucence is, somehow, an entirely natural element in his work, rather than a conspicuous device. Glück’s authorial voice is personal and dispassionate; it is a voice whose very mildness lures one into an orgiastic wilderness without maps or compass. He is an avuncular de Sade.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Gary Indiana\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Self-published","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58361809011072,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/4524\/8002\/files\/twostoriesfrontcover.jpg?v=1782913782","url":"https:\/\/londonbookarts.org\/en-us\/products\/two-stories-by-adem-berbic","provider":"London Centre for Book Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}