{"product_id":"the-man-with-the-compound-eyes-a-novel","title":"The Man with the Compound Eyes: A Novel","description":"When a tsunami sends a massive island made entirely of trash crashing into the Taiwanese coast  two very different peoplean outcast from a mythical island and a woman on the verge of suicideare united in ways they never could have imagined. Here is the English-language debut of a new and exciting award-winning voice from Taiwan  who has written an astonishing novel (The Independent) that is at once fantasy  reality  and dystopian environmental saga.  Fifteen-year-old Atileia native of Wayo Wayo  an island somewhere in the Pacifichas come of age. Following the custom of his people  he is set adrift as a sacrifice to the Sea God but  unlike those who have gone before him  Atilei is determined to defy precedent and survive. His chances seem slim  but just as it appears that hope is lost  Atilei comes across a sprawling trash vortex floating in the ocean and climbs onto it.  Meanwhile  on the east coast of Taiwan  Alice  a college professor  is overcome with grief. Her husband and son are missing  having disappeared while hiking in the mountains near their home. Alice is so distraught that she decides to end her own life. But her plans are interrupted by a violent storm that causes the trash vortex to collide with the Taiwanese coast  bringing Atilei along with it. Alice and Atilei subsequently form an unlikely friendship that helps each of them come to terms with what they have lost. Together they set out to uncover the mystery of Alices lost family  following their footsteps into the mountains. Intertwined with Alice and Atileis story are the lives of others affected by the tsunami  from environmentalists to Taiwans indigenous peoplesand  of course  the mysterious man with the compound eyes.  A work of lyrical beauty that combines magical realism and environmental fable  The Man with the Compound Eyes is an incredible story about the bonds of family  the meaning of love  and the lasting effects of human destruction.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44854160228405,"sku":"ByrdShop_0307907961","price":54.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0307907961.jpg?v=1765883990","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-man-with-the-compound-eyes-a-novel","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}