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Resisters : A Novel by Gish Jen (2020, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100525657215
ISBN-139780525657217
eBay Product ID (ePID)11038740345
Product Key Features
Book TitleResisters : a Novel
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFantasy / General, Dystopian, Family Life, Political, Science Fiction / General
Publication Year2020
GenreFiction
AuthorGish Jen
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight18.5 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2019-004308
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsAdvance Priase for The Resisters "Can there be a dystopian novel of lightness, delicacy and charm? In which baseball, our subtle, determined summer game, is the means of resistance against the dehumanizing overlords? In which a girl who pitches like Satchel Paige is the blue-haired hero? Gish Jen says, Yes! And she is right! Where there is baseball, there is hope. And beautiful prose, too." --Cathleen Schine, author of The Grammarians "Inventive, funny, and tender, The Resisters is about family, baseball, and the future--but more than anything, it is about freedom, and it is about us--here, now." --Allegra Goodman, author of The Chalk Artist "I LOVE this novel as much as I fear the future Gish Jen has conjured in it. In this anything but brave new world, baseball is what survives and reminds us of our humanity, and a girl's golden arm forms the kernel of resistance. What an enchanting conceit! Gish Jen has hit a grand slam." --Jane Leavy, author of The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World he Created, Advance Priase for The Resisters " The Resisters is palpably loving, smart, funny and desperately unsettling. The novel should be required reading for the country, both as a cautionary tale and because it is a stone-cold masterpiece. This is Gish Jen's moment. She has pitched a perfect game." -- Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House "An absolute joy . . . I finished The Resisters with a tear in my eye and a smile on my face. Who could ask for a better combo? Gish Jen has written a one-of-a-kind book with great characters--especially Eleanor, who is the heart of the story--and a warm heart. Remind Ms. Jen that the great Ernie Banks said, 'Hey, guys, let's play two!' Which is my way of saying I wouldn't mind a sequel. Probably won't happen, but a guy can hope. P.S. This lady knows her baseball." --Stephen King, author of The Institute "In this astutely realized and unnervingly possible depiction of a near-future world, Jen masterfully entwines shrewd mischief, knowing compassion, and profound social critique in a suspenseful tale encompassing baseball ardor, family love, newly insidious forms of racism and tyranny, and a wily and righteous resistance movement that declares 'RIGHT MAKES RIGHT.'" -- Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review) "Subtle dystopian fiction . . . beautifully crafted and slyly unsettling . . . The juxtaposition of America's pastime and the AI-enabled surveillance state Jen presents here is brilliant." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "[A] shrewd and provocative near-future novel . . . [Jen's] intelligence and control shine through in a chilling portrait of the casual acceptance of totalitarianism." -- Publishers Weekly "Can there be a dystopian novel of lightness, delicacy and charm? In which baseball, our subtle, determined summer game, is the means of resistance against the dehumanizing overlords? In which a girl who pitches like Satchel Paige is the blue-haired hero? Gish Jen says, Yes! And she is right! Where there is baseball, there is hope. And beautiful prose, too." --Cathleen Schine, author of The Grammarians "Inventive, funny, and tender, The Resisters is about family, baseball, and the future--but more than anything, it is about freedom, and it is about us--here, now." --Allegra Goodman, author of The Chalk Artist "Brilliant . . . A heartbreaking novel with the sensitivity, emotional range, and prophetic power of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale ." --Jean Kwok, author of Searching for Sylvie Lee "I LOVE this novel as much as I fear the future Gish Jen has conjured in it. In this anything but brave new world, baseball is what survives and reminds us of our humanity, and a girl's golden arm forms the kernel of resistance. What an enchanting conceit! Gish Jen has hit a grand slam." --Jane Leavy, author of The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World he Created, Advance Priase for The Resisters " The Resisters is palpably loving, smart, funny and desperately unsettling. The novel should be required reading for the country, both as a cautionary tale and because it is a stone-cold masterpiece. This is Gish Jen's moment. She has pitched a perfect game." -- Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House "An absolute joy . . . I finished The Resisters with a tear in my eye and a smile on my face. Who could ask for a better combo? Gish Jen has written a one-of-a-kind book with great characters--especially Eleanor, who is the heart of the story--and a warm heart. Remind Ms. Jen that the great Ernie Banks said, 'Hey, guys, let's play two!' Which is my way of saying I wouldn't mind a sequel. Probably won't happen, but a guy can hope. P.S. This lady knows her baseball." --Stephen King, author of The Institute " The Resisters is wonderfully inventive and poignant; a smart warning about at a possible future that could come before we know it." -- Annette Gordon-Reed, author of "Most Blessed of the Patriarchs": Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination "In this astutely realized and unnervingly possible depiction of a near-future world, Jen masterfully entwines shrewd mischief, knowing compassion, and profound social critique in a suspenseful tale encompassing baseball ardor, family love, newly insidious forms of racism and tyranny, and a wily and righteous resistance movement that declares 'RIGHT MAKES RIGHT.'" -- Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review) "Subtle dystopian fiction . . . beautifully crafted and slyly unsettling . . . The juxtaposition of America's pastime and the AI-enabled surveillance state Jen presents here is brilliant." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "[A] shrewd and provocative near-future novel . . . [Jen's] intelligence and control shine through in a chilling portrait of the casual acceptance of totalitarianism." -- Publishers Weekly "Can there be a dystopian novel of lightness, delicacy and charm? In which baseball, our subtle, determined summer game, is the means of resistance against the dehumanizing overlords? In which a girl who pitches like Satchel Paige is the blue-haired hero? Gish Jen says, Yes! And she is right! Where there is baseball, there is hope. And beautiful prose, too." --Cathleen Schine, author of The Grammarians "Inventive, funny, and tender, The Resisters is about family, baseball, and the future--but more than anything, it is about freedom, and it is about us--here, now." --Allegra Goodman, author of The Chalk Artist "Brilliant . . . A heartbreaking novel with the sensitivity, emotional range, and prophetic power of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale ." --Jean Kwok, author of Searching for Sylvie Lee "I LOVE this novel as much as I fear the future Gish Jen has conjured in it. In this anything but brave new world, baseball is what survives and reminds us of our humanity, and a girl's golden arm forms the kernel of resistance. What an enchanting conceit! Gish Jen has hit a grand slam." --Jane Leavy, author of The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World he Created
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Synopsis" The Resisters is palpably loving, smart, funny, and desperately unsettling. The novel should be required reading for the country both as a cautionary tale and because it is a stone-cold masterpiece. This is Gish Jen's moment. She has pitched a perfect game." --Ann Patchett The time: not so long from now. The place: AutoAmerica. The land: half under water. The Internet: one part artificial intelligence, one part surveillance technology, and oddly human--even funny. The people: Divided. The angel-fair "Netted" have jobs, and literally occupy the high ground. The "Surplus" live on swampland if they're lucky, on water if they're not. The story: To a Surplus couple--he once a professor, she still a lawyer--is born a Blasian girl with a golden arm. At two, Gwen is hurling her stuffed animals from the crib; by ten, she can hit whatever target she likes. Her teens find her happily playing in an underground baseball league. When AutoAmerica rejoins the Olympics, though--with a special eye on beating ChinRussia--Gwen attracts interest. Soon she finds herself playing ball with the Netted even as her mother challenges the very foundations of this divided society. A moving and important story of an America that seems ever more possible, The Resisters is also the story of one family struggling to maintain its humanity and normalcy in circumstances that threaten their every value--as well as their very existence. Extraordinary and ordinary, charming and electrifying, this is Gish Jen at her most irresistible., "A dystopia so chillingly plausible that an entire review could be spent simply describing its components.... Marvelous." --The Boston Globe The time: not so long from now. The place: AutoAmerica, a country surveilled by one "Aunt Nettie," a Big Brother that is part artificial intelligence, part internet, and oddly human--even funny. The people: divided. The "angelfair" Netted have jobs and, what with the country half under water, literally occupy the high ground. The Surplus live on swampland if they're lucky, on water if they're not. The story: To a Surplus couple--he once a professor, she still a lawyer--is born a girl, Gwen, with a golden arm. Her teens find her happily playing in an underground baseball league, but when AutoAmerica faces ChinRussia in the Olympics, Gwen finds herself in dangerous territory, playing ball with the Netted even as her mother battles this apartheid-like society in court. The Resisters is the provocative, moving, and paradoxically buoyant story of one family struggling to maintain their humanity in circumstances that threaten their every value.
LC Classification NumberPS3560.E474R47 2020
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- Apr 10, 2021
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ENJOY ALL FICTIONAL ACCOUNTS CONCERNING BASEBALL. THIS WAS ON MY LISTVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
