{"product_id":"theres-a-monster-in-the-lake","title":"There's a Monster in the Lake","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThere's a Monster in the Lake\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLaura Fernández\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781644454190\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eGraywolf 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\u003e136\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA witty meditation revealing what our obsession with monsters says about wonder, reality, and narrative itself \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat does the Loch Ness Monster tell us about belief, tourism, and the stories we need to survive? In this formally innovative essay, award-winning Spanish writer Laura Fernández travels to the Scottish Highlands to investigate the legend of Nessie and develops a perspective on humanity's perpetual and sometimes destructive need to \"discover.\" From the 1933 sighting that launched a media sensation to the cast of monster hunters, fraudsters, and devotees who have perpetuated the story, Fernández unravels how we transform mystery into tourist attraction. Boarding a cruise ship on Loch Ness itself, she encounters a world where imagination and commerce collide. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut this is more than a travelogue. Fernández probes deeper: What does reality consist of and who is creating it? How is observing also living? In a world increasingly hostile to the fantastical, what does our relationship with Nessie reveal about how we inhabit reality itself? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with the punch of Douglas Adams and the ambition of Thomas Pynchon, \u003ci\u003eThere's a Monster in the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant meditation on monsters in the age of manufactured reality. Reminiscent of David Foster Wallace's \u003ci\u003eConsider the Lobster\u003c\/i\u003e, Fernández's essay is both playful and philosophical, a celebration of imagination as the source of our humanity.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"There's a Monster in the Lake | Laura Fernández | Paperback | 9781644454190 | New | Travelogues 1767330","offer_id":67653786665112,"sku":"1767330","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81JE8tgZGiL.jpg?v=1791295346","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/theres-a-monster-in-the-lake","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}