{"product_id":"city-of-saints-and-madmen-paperback","title":"City of Saints and Madmen - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeff VanderMeer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Jeff VanderMeer, the author of \u003ci\u003eBorne\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/i\u003e, comes the paperback reissue of his cult classic \u003ci\u003eCity of Saints and Madmen\u003c\/i\u003e. In this reinvention of the literature of the fantastic, you hold in your hands an invitation to a place unlike any you've ever visited--an invitation delivered by one of our most audacious and astonishing literary magicians.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCity of elegance and squalor. Of religious fervor and wanton lusts. And everywhere, on the walls of courtyards and churches, an incandescent fungus of mysterious and ominous origin. In Ambergris, a would-be suitor discovers that a sunlit street can become a killing ground in the blink of an eye. An artist receives an invitation to a beheading--and finds himself enchanted. And a patient in a mental institution is convinced that he's made up a city called Ambergris, imagined its every last detail, and that he's really from a place called Chicago . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns sensuous and terrifying, filled with exotica and eroticism, this interwoven collection of stories, histories, and \"eyewitness\" reports invokes a universe within a puzzle box where you can lose--and find--yourself again.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff VanderMeer\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHummingbird Salamander\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBorne\u003c\/i\u003e novels (\u003ci\u003eBorne\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Strange Bird\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDead Astronauts\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Reach Trilogy \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Acceptance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Authority\u003c\/i\u003e), the first volume of which won the Nebula Award and the Shirley Jackson Award and was adapted into a movie by Alex Garland. He speaks and writes frequently about issues relating to climate change as well as urban rewilding. He lives in Tallahassee, Florida, on the edge of a ravine, with his wife, Ann VanderMeer, and their cat,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 704\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 7.4 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45610767908908,"sku":"9780374538606","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/city-of-saints-and-madmen-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}