{"product_id":"coda-9780803224414","title":"Coda","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It is to me that we owe our immortality, and this is the story that proves it beyond all doubt.” With this sentence Rene Belletto begins a novel that compresses every genre he has worked in - thriller, science fiction, experimental literature, horror - into one breathless narrative in which what is at stake is nothing less than our own immortality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fans of Paul Auster's brand of literary gamesmanship will recognize a kindred spirit here.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This madcap, metaphysical mystery ably fits perpetual motion machines, immortality, and blood-sacrifice sects into 88 brisk and brainy pages. . . . Elegant and smart, this novella leaves readers with questions that prove incredibly difficult to untangle.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Starred review\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eCoda\u003c\/i\u003e] is both enjoyable simply for the story that slowly unfolds as well as for the philosophical puzzle (and solution) it turns out to be.\"—M.A. Orthofer, \u003ci\u003eComplete Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCoda \u003c\/i\u003ecuts a wide berth in the reader's mind, beginning with a mysterious package of frozen clams appearing in the narrator's freezer and expanding to include perpetual motion machines, a fancy party, an alluring woman, and murder.\"—Paul Constant,\u003ci\u003e The Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo TOC","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405244997975,"sku":"9780803224414","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803224414.jpg?v=1730489262","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/coda-9780803224414","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}