{"product_id":"in-transit","title":"In Transit","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER ONLY. PLEASE PLACE PREORDERS AS SEPARATE ORDERS FROM ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE FULFILLED IMMEDIATELY. ITEMS ORDERED WITH PREORDER BOOKS WILL BE HELD UNTIL THE PREORDER IS AVAILABLE FOR FULFILLMENT. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAVAILABLE OCTOBER 13, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: Brigid Brophy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA gender-bending satire, as fresh and thought-provoking today as it was on its original publication in 1969.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\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","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48242580127895,"sku":"9781628976717","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/0349\/4039\/files\/9781628976717_9a2cc.jpg?v=1788990401","url":"https:\/\/littledistrictbooks.com\/products\/in-transit","provider":"Little District Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}