{"product_id":"in-transit","title":"In Transit","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eIn Transit\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBrigid Brophy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781628976717\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eDalkey Archive Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2026\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e250\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA gender-bending satire, as fresh and thought-provoking today as it was on its original publication in 1969.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in an airport lounge, \u003cem\u003eIn Transit \u003c\/em\u003efollows contemporary traveler Evelyn Hillary O'Rooley who has \"lost\" his\/her gender, prompting him\/her to perform a series of unsuccessful, yet bizarrely hilarious, philosophical and anatomical tests to rediscover it. Divided into four symphony sections, Brigid Brophy surrounds this simple plot device with an endless stream of puns, allusions, and experiments with narrative consciousness, as our protagonist finds him-\/herself in a situation quite similar to a modern \u003cem\u003eOrlando\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidely considered the novel which catapulted Brophy to renown as a postmodern writer, \u003cem\u003eIn Transit \u003c\/em\u003eis a textual labyrinth--littered with word games, metafictional events, and surreal encounters that challenge readers' preconceived notions of gender, identity, and reality. With a new introduction by Katherine Packert Burke, Dalkey Archive Press is thrilled to reintroduce Brophy's relentlessly clever and prescient masterpiece to contemporary readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"In Transit | Brigid Brophy | Paperback | 9781628976717 | New | Fiction 1774966","offer_id":67701461844120,"sku":"1774966","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71vJMQtja8L.jpg?v=1791906098","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/in-transit","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}