{"product_id":"the-age-of-cities-paperback","title":"The Age of Cities - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrett Josef Grubisic\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEqual parts \u003ci\u003ebildungsroman \u003c\/i\u003eand purported literary artifact, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Cities\u003c\/i\u003e is -really about the age of innocence. A manuscript is discovered inside a hollowed-out home economics textbook: it is the story of a young man from a small town who comes to the big city at the height of the Cold War. His accidental discovery of a gay -subculture--culminating in a feverish, dreamlike initiation--pushes him irrevocably toward crisis. \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Cities\u003c\/i\u003e is about discovery, loss, and the contemporary \"closet\" where stories lie hidden from view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrett Josef Grubisic is the author of the novel The Age of Cities (Arsenal, 2006) and the editor of Contra\/Diction: New Queer Male Fiction (Arsenal, 1998)and co-editor (with Carellin Brooks) of Carnal Nation: Brave New Sex Fictions (Arsenal, 2000). He teaches English at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.\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 0.56 x 8.6 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771641528608,"sku":"9781551522128","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/33822f939b6ef4013906b27b4e616433.webp?v=1780390181","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-age-of-cities-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}