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"Long out of print, Eugene Lim's wry and haunting debut novel returns to shelves with a new introduction from Renee Gladman and a fresh, reversible cover. Reconciling life after divorce, Jim secludes himself in the Midwest, living in an aimless nostalgia, while Sarah runs headfirst through New York in an attempt to bypass the grief of her dissolved marriage. Mystically connected by an old friend and the effects of his actions, they both attempt to chase him down - the resulting unexplained coincidences, cryptic fortunes, and trading of souls blur the lines between reality and the supernatural. Intertwined by their past, Jim and Sarah's lives become entangled in a moving mystery of loss, grief, and the loneliness of the human condition"--
About the author
Eugene Lim is the author of the novels
The Strangers (Black Square Editions, 2013),
Dear Cyborgs (FSG Originals, 2017), and
Search History (Coffee House Press, 2022). His writings have appeared in
The Brooklyn Rail,
The Baffler,
Dazed,
Fence,
Little Star,
Granta, and elsewhere. He is a high school librarian, runs Ellipsis Press, and lives in Queens, New York, with Joanna and Felix.
Summary
Long out of print, Eugene Lim's wry and haunting debut novel returns to shelves with a new introduction from Renee Gladman and a fresh, reversible cover.
Jim Fog is marooned in a small Midwest town shortly after his divorce, succumbing to aimless nostalgia. His ex, Sarah Car, has moved to New York City, hoping to skip right over any mourning period for their marriage. Despite everything, Jim and Sarah find they're still connected through an old, shared friend. When they both decide to chase him down, the resulting coincidences and cryptic occurrences culminate in a trading of souls that blurs the lines between reality and something much stranger.
A moving mystery about loss, grief, and the loneliness of the human condition, Fog & Car was hailed as the arrival of a masterful new voice in American fiction on its initial publication; now, more than a decade later, it reads as nothing less than prophetic.
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