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Sourdough : A Novel by Robin Sloan (2017, Hardcover)

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*One of Amazon's 20 Best Books of 2017* Named one of the best books of 2017 by NPR, San Francisco Chronicle , Barnes & Noble, and Southern Living In his much-anticipated new novel, Robin Sloan does for the world of food what he did for the world of books in Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore Lois Clary is a software engineer at General Dexterity, a San Francisco robotics company with world-changing ambitions. She codes all day and collapses at night, her human contact limited to the two brothers who run the neighborhood hole-in-the-wall from which she orders dinner every evening. Then, disaster Visa issues. The brothers close up shop, and fast. But they have one last delivery for Lois: their culture, the sourdough starter used to bake their bread. She must keep it alive, they tell her--feed it daily, play it music, and learn to bake with it. Lois is no baker, but she could use a roommate, even if it is a needy colony of microorganisms. Soon, not only is she eating her own homemade bread, she's providing loaves daily to the General Dexterity cafeteria. The company chef urges her to take her product to the farmer's market, and a whole new world opens up. When Lois comes before the jury that decides who sells what at Bay Area markets, she encounters a close-knit club with no appetite for new members. But then, an alternative emerges: a secret market that aims to fuse food and technology. But who are these people, exactly? Leavened by the same infectious intelligence that made Robin Sloan's Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore such a sensation, while taking on even more satisfying challenges, Sourdough marks the triumphant return of a unique and beloved young writer.

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Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374203105
ISBN-13
9780374203108
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234976866

Product Key Features

Book Title
Sourdough : a Novel
Author
Robin Sloan
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Contemporary Women, Magical Realism, Literary, Humorous / General
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ps3619.L6278s67 2017
Reviews
"Delightful . . . equal measures techie and foodie fodder, a perfect parable for our times." - San Francisco Magazine "As he did in Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore , Robin Sloan will have readers looking for magic in the mundane." -Nora Horvath, Real Simple "Filled with crisp humor and weird but endearing characters . . . At once a parody of startup culture and a foodie romp . . . [A] delight, perfect for those who like a little magic with their meals." -- Booklist (starred review) " A wild, geeky, flour-dusted ride through the oddball food and techie communities of San Francisco . . . A winning story that--like its namesake bread--carries a satisfying tang." -- Shelf Awareness "[ Sourdough ] fuses the story of worker alienation and embodied consciousness and microbiomes and microbiology with robotics in a beautiful way . . . A Robert Pirsig or Armisted Maupin kind of novel, but it's about robotic arms and sourdough bread!" --Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing on KDNK Radio "How many novels can boast an obstreperous sourdough starter as a key character? A delightful and heartfelt read." -- Library Journal "Sloan's comic but smart tone never flags, and Lois is an easy hero to root for." -- Kirkus Reviews "Through narrative and email correspondence, Sloan captures contemporary work environments, current reality, and future trends . . . [Sourdough] offers much to savor." -- Publishers Weekly "In his novel Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore , Sloan unraveled a mystery about a web designer who takes a job in a peculiar all-night Bay area book shop. New technology clashed, then melded, with classic history. Sourdough promises a similar sort of tech and analog mashup, in this case involving the food industry: a software engineer learns to bake bread and uncovers a secret underground market. We're already hungry for it." -- The Miami Herald , Fall Books Preview, "Part love letter to books, part technological meditation, part thrilling adventure, part requiem... Eminently enjoyable, full of warmth and intelligence." - The New York Times Book Review "A book about passion - for books, for history, for the future... There is nothing about Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore that I didn't love." - Cory Doctorow "One of the most thoughtful and fun reading experiences you're likely to have this year... There's so much largehearted magic in this book." - NPR
Copyright Date
2017
Lccn
2016-059400
Intended Audience
Trade
Illustrated
Yes

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by jgw00Nov 27, 2018
intriguing and on-the-mark representation both of techies and foodies in the bay area.
intriguing and on-the-mark representation both of techies and foodies in the bay area. weird, funny, & absorbing tale.
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