{"product_id":"9781593765194","title":"Iris Has Free Time","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eSmyles, Iris\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSoft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\/14\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eModeled on Dante's \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e and riffing on Proust's \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIris Has Free Time\u003c\/i\u003e is a subtle, complicated, funny, bold, lyrical and literary book about youth, time, and what it means to grow up\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“There, I came across a cluster of NYU graduates standing in cap and gown. They were laughing and posing for photos. Was it June again already? Their voices echoed through the subway tunnel. ‘Congratulations!’ ‘Congratulations!’ their parents said. And I wanted to yell, ‘Don’t do it! Go back! You don’t know what it’s like!’”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether passed out drunk at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e where she’s interning; assigning \u003ci\u003eCliffs Notes\u003c\/i\u003e when hired to teach humanities at a local college; getting banned from a fleet of Greek Island ferries while on vacation, or trying to piece together the events of yet another puzzling blackout—“I prefer to call them pink-outs, because I’m a girl”—Iris is never short on misadventures. From quarter-life crisis to the shock of turning thirty, \u003ci\u003eIris Has Free Time\u003c\/i\u003e charts a madcap, melancholic course through that curious age—one’s twenties—when childhood is over, supposedly. An instant classic and essential reading for anyone who has ever been young.","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44216234803455,"sku":"9781593765194","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781593765194_s600x595.jpg?v=1775594309","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781593765194","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}