{"product_id":"the-effect-of-living-backwards-paperback","title":"The Effect of Living Backwards - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeidi Julavits\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollowing her acclaimed debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Mineral Palace\u003c\/i\u003e, Heidi Julavits presents a quirky, compelling novel about two sisters, a bizarre event, and the elusive nature of truth--a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDoes Alice really hate her sister, or is that love? Was she really enrolled in grad school, or was that an elaborate hoax? Is this really a hijacking, or is it merely the effect of living backwards? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Heidi Julavits--no stranger to edgy, dark topics--takes liberties with conventional notions of hijacking and hostages, weaving humor in a zingy and brainy spectrum...If you can take successive shots of wit with gulps of moral inquisition, then this fine book is for you.\"--\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeidi Julavits\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four critically acclaimed novels (\u003ci\u003eThe Vanishers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Uses of Enchantment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Effect of Living Backwards\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Mineral Palace\u003c\/i\u003e) and co-editor, with Sheila Heti and Leanne Shapton, of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eWomen in Clothes\u003c\/i\u003e. Her fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, among other places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 8.04 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769408684320,"sku":"9780425198179","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3097f2f09e8d9263176ed723f305db7b.webp?v=1780347365","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-effect-of-living-backwards-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}