{"product_id":"ply","title":"Ply","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHernan Diaz\u003c\/b\u003e is the Pulitzer Prize-winning and \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eTrust\u003c\/i\u003e, one of \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Best Books of the Century. His previous novel, \n\u003ci\u003eIn the Distance\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN\/Faulkner Award. He has received the John Updike Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Kirkus Prize, a Whiting Award, and a fellowship from the New York Public Library's Cullman Center. His work has been translated into thirty-seven languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003ePly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"To build a better world, how deeply must we get into the heads of the people around us? A brainy, challenging, and engrossing trek into a battered but unbeaten future.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Kirkus Review (STARRED REVIEW)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Diaz brilliantly envisions how love, trust, and loyalty can remain when freedom and justice have collapsed and makes every page exhilarating and meaningful.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(STARRED REVIEW)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrust\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003cbr\u003eONE OF\u003ci\u003e THE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Intricate, cunning and consistently surprising . . . Diaz has the whole literary past at his fingertips.\" \n\u003cb\u003e --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e(10 Best Books of the Year) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An elegant, irresistible puzzle.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e(10 Best Books of the Year)\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"With only his second novel, Diaz has become an ambitious and significant voice.\" \n\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003e--The Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e(Best Books of the Year)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wondrous . . . Diaz is brilliant at dissecting literary conventions and transforming them into something new.\" \n\u003cb\u003e --\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eTrust \u003c\/i\u003eturns to the future with a novel that examines the place of technology in the American imagination\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCenturies from now, at the dawn of a historical epoch filled with both uncertainty and promise, an orphan is adrift in a city on the brink of a great transformation. The state has been dismantled, and humans are reinventing social bonds and learning new ways to coexist with nature. Following a childhood defined by loss, survival, and found family, the orphan grows up to become a \"pincher,\" someone who steals electricity from the grid to sell it on the black market. It's a high-risk life, one that brings her into a rich art and music scene where she powers underground concerts. It also leads her to a colossal scientific invention that could change the very fabric of reality. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter rewriting America's past with his two previous novels, Hernan Diaz defies expectations with his third and gives us a breathtaking glimpse into the future. A major achievement from a major contemporary writer, \n\u003ci\u003ePly\u003c\/i\u003e questions the place of technology in the American experiment with a plot that grabs both heart and mind. It is a novel of ideas built from a story of people. Combining Dickensian odyssey, family drama, and scientific thriller, \n\u003ci\u003ePly\u003c\/i\u003e poignantly charts the tenuous boundaries of selfhood and the distance that inevitably stands between us and those we love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 pg. 78 (EAN 9780593719541, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496242512150,"sku":"9780593719541","price":38.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780593719541.jpg?v=1783058001","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/ply","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}