{"product_id":"sorry-please-thank-you-paperback","title":"Sorry Please Thank You - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Yu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the National Book Award-⁠winning author of \u003ci\u003eInterior Chinatown\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a hilarious, heartbreaking, and utterly original collection of short stories. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA big-box store employee is confronted by a zombie during the graveyard shift, a problem that pales in comparison to his inability to ask a coworker out on a date . . . A fighter leads his band of virtual warriors, thieves, and wizards across a deadly computer-generated landscape, but does he have what it takes to be a hero? . . . A company outsources grief for profit, its slogan: \"Don't feel like having a bad day? Let someone else have it for you.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing from both pop culture and science, Charles Yu is a brilliant observer of contemporary society, and in \u003ci\u003eSorry Please Thank You\u003c\/i\u003e he fills his stories with equal parts laugh-out-loud humor and piercing insight into the human condition. He has already garnered comparisons to such masters as Kurt Vonnegut and Douglas Adams, and in this new collection we have resounding proof that he has arrived (via a wormhole in space-time) as a major new voice in American fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHARLES YU\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four books, including \u003ci\u003eInterior Chinatown\u003c\/i\u003e (the winner of the 2020 National Book Award for fiction), and the novel \u003ci\u003eHow to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe\u003c\/i\u003e (a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and a \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine best book of the year). He received the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Award and was nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards for his work on the HBO series, \u003ci\u003eWestworld.\u003c\/i\u003e He has also written for shows on FX, AMC, and HBO. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWired, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other publications\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eTogether with TaiwaneseAmerican.org, he established the Betty L. Yu and Jin C. Yu Writing Prizes, in honor of his parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754203316512,"sku":"9780307948465","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/959e07ac9d6202ef7dee3ebe8d46a534.webp?v=1780035642","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sorry-please-thank-you-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}