{"product_id":"9781608197125","title":"Underground Time : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eUnderground Time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Delphine de Vigan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery day, Mathilde takes the Metro to her job at a large multinational, where she has felt miserable and isolated ever since getting on the wrong side of her bullying boss. Every day, Thibault, a paramedic, drives where his dispatcher directs him, fighting traffic to attend to disasters. For many of the people he rushes to treat, he represents the only human connection in their day. Mathilde and Thibault are just two figures being pushed and shoved in a lonesome, crowded city. But what might happen if these two souls, traveling their separate paths, could meet? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelphine de Vigan tells this story of urban isolation with poetic precision and resilient humor, in the much lauded follow-up to her bestselling \u003ci\u003eNo and Me\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eNo and Me\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Thought-provoking and often poetic musings about No's life challenge readers to rethink their responsibilities to humankind...Quiet yet gripping.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"All ages will find much to relish in this deceptively simple tale that is touching and enlightening.\" \u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eHerald (Scotland)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“De Vigan keeps you going with lovely language... The book isn't just about these two strangers and what they have in common, it is about what all of us have in common, strangers or not.” —\u003ci\u003eCourtnay Glatter, Bust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“De Vigan's lucid take on the fragility of our purchase on happiness and the frenzied madness of our cities clearly comes through in this bracingly acerbic novel.” —\u003ci\u003eKathryn Lang, Minneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[An] elegantly constructed, sympathetic, compelling, enjoyable novel.” —\u003ci\u003eNicola Barr, Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“De Vigan has beautifully captured the behind-the-scenes agendas of personal and professional lives... an engrossing, well-paced story that takes us into a world most of us know but rarely discuss.” —\u003ci\u003eCarol Gladstein, Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Delphine de Vigan's novel \u003ci\u003eUnderground Time\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the psychological working conditions endured by 21st century corporate middle management employees and the loneliness, isolation, and anonymity of contemporary urban life in much the same way that Upton Sinclair's \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e exposed the hazardous working conditions of slaughterhouse workers and Theodore Dreiser's \u003ci\u003eSister Carrie\u003c\/i\u003e portrayed sexual exploitation in urban life a century ago.” —\u003ci\u003eDavid Cooper, New York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781608197125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594863358158,"sku":"9781608197125","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_3dc9228a-ade1-4c4d-9867-69e5d150e221.jpg?v=1637820139","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781608197125","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}