| Eastbound into the Cosmos Contributor(s): Burke, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1941196896 ISBN-13: 9781941196892 Publisher: Madhat, Inc. OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2019 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Psychological |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.89 lbs) 316 pages |
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| Publisher Description: American culture is strange--and appears even stranger after a hiatus. Cue Everett, back in Chicagoland after living in China. His father has just died, and re-entry to his former life is increasingly complicated. On top of that, while he was abroad everyone Everett cared about dove off the deep end. Exhibit A: Everett's mom, recently widowed, with a newfound faith in healing crystals and a ponytailed guru. Exhibit B: former roommate Dino's newly ascetic lifestyle. Increasingly drifting and desperate, Everett signs on to an unconventional venture: the high-stakes world of mushroom smuggling. Do the ends justify the means? What, even, are the ends? Eastbound into the Cosmos is the story of Everett's attempt to process the longing, the grief, the weirdness. Along the way he discovers the weird in himself, which may just be what ultimately frees him.
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Contributor Bio(s): Burke, Thomas: - Thomas Burke received a BA from Union College and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Eastbound into the Cosmos is his first novel. He has contributed work to Tin House, The Rumpus, Playboy, Hobart Pulp and St. Petersburg Review, among other places. He has taught at UMass Amherst, the Newberry Library, and Northwestern University, where he is currently assistant director of the Kaplan Humanities Institute. Formerly Burke helped direct the Summer Literary Seminars in Russia and co-founded its sister program in Kenya. He is the recipient of the Eugene Yudis Prize for fiction, a fellowship from the UMass Amherst MFA Program, and a residency at Art Omi's Ledig House, among other honors. He lives in Evanston, IL with his wife and two children. |