{"product_id":"pan-hardcover","title":"Pan - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Clune\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated for The Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize - A \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book - Named a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eTIME \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePan\u003c\/i\u003e is saturated with a grand, psychedelic spirit . . . For those who wonder if the American novel has anything new to offer . . . \u003ci\u003ePan\u003c\/i\u003e is exhilarating, a pure joy--and a sheer, nerve-curdling terror--from end to end.\" --Matthew Spektor, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Deliciously observed, ferociously strange . . . Reading his experience of these raptures is invigorating and often hilarious . . . Like a great painter, Clune can show us the mind, the world, with just a few well-placed verbs.\" --Kaveh Akbar, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA strange and brilliant teenager's first panic attacks lead him down the rabbit hole in\u003cbr\u003ethis wild, highly anticipated debut novel from one of our most distinctive literary minds\u003cbr\u003eNicholas is fifteen when he forgets how to breathe. He had plenty of reason to feel unstable already: he's been living with his dad in the bleak Chicago suburbs since his Russian-born mom kicked him out. Then one day in geometry class, Nicholas suddenly realizes that his hands are \u003ci\u003eobjects\u003c\/i\u003e. The doctor says it's just panic, but Nicholas suspects that his real problem might not be a psychiatric one: maybe the Greek god Pan is trapped inside his body. As his paradigm for his own consciousness crumbles, Nicholas; his best friend, Ty; and his maybe-girlfriend, Sarah, hunt\u003cbr\u003efor answers why--in Oscar Wilde and in Charles Baudelaire, in rock and roll and in Bach, and in the mysterious, drugged-out Barn, where their classmate Tod's charismatic older brother, Ian, leads the high schoolers in rituals that might end up breaking more than just the law. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrilling, cerebral, and startlingly funny, \u003ci\u003ePan \u003c\/i\u003eis a new masterpiece of the coming-of-age genre by Guggenheim fellow and literary scholar Michael Clune, whose memoir of heroin addiction, \u003ci\u003eWhite Out\u003c\/i\u003e--named one of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's best books of the year--earned him a cult readership. Now, in \u003ci\u003ePan\u003c\/i\u003e, the great novel of our age of anxiety, Clune drops us inside the human psyche, where we risk discovering that the forces controlling our inner lives could be more alien than we want to let ourselves believe.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Clune \u003c\/b\u003eis the critically acclaimed author of the memoirs \u003ci\u003eGamelife\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhite Out: The Secret Life of Heroin\u003c\/i\u003e. His academic books include \u003ci\u003eA Defense of Judgment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Writing Against Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literature and the Free Market\u003c\/i\u003e. Clune's work has appeared in venues ranging from \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eBehavioral and Brain Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePMLA\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been recognized by fellowships and awards from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, and others. He is currently a professor at the Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society at the Ohio State University and lives in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.17 x 9.15 x 6.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51888635937056,"sku":"9780593834428","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/rf8dYeZj_39780593834428.webp?v=1781919806","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pan-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}