{"product_id":"the-fight-for-space-9781622882267","title":"The Fight for Space","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his debut collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Fight for Space\u003c\/i\u003e, Roberto Ontiveros explores the modes of art and obsession with eleven stories that run from fabulist comedy to surrealist noir.  The tales-focusing on the inner lives of adult caregivers, deliver drivers, and painters-trace how the ubiquity of media (the world of sitcoms, talk radio, and superhero comics) comes to flood the working class with a dream-like dread.  In this book, a budding con artist tries to sell a house that does not belong to her, an anti-social memoirist pens the fates of his friends, and a comic book-obsessed warehouse employee follows a man who wears a gas mask. Atmospheric and erotic, the stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Fight for Space\u003c\/i\u003e, recall the literary mysteries of James M. Cain by way of Twin Peaks.","brand":"Stephen F. Austin State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50095396979031,"sku":"9781622882267","price":16.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781622882267.jpg?v=1740906115","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-fight-for-space-9781622882267","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}