{"product_id":"the-church-of-divine-electricity-paperback-softback-9780299354343","title":"The Church of Divine Electricity (Paperback \/ softback) 9780299354343","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Church of Divine Electricity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEmily Mitchell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299354343\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 November 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e168 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.172 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“These eerie fables of societies gone amok are almost too realistic to bear. Mitchell has written a fitting epitaph for our species: a darkly glittering gem of a book.” - Dan Chaon, author of \u003ci\u003eOne of Us \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mitchell’s prose is crystal clear—there’s no hiding the ball. It’s thoughtful, perceptive, vivid—and can steam up a mirror! This is excellent work, flawlessly executed.” - Michelle Latiolais, author of \u003ci\u003eShe and Widow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Mitchell is one of our most astute chroniclers of the way we live now. These diabolically inventive stories, often wickedly funny, vary thrillingly in tonal register and form. They ask all the big questions, including: Are we humans gone awry worth saving? Together, they whisper yes.” - Maud Casey, author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Incurable Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDelightfully blending literary fiction with speculative genres, the stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Church of Divine Electricity\u003c\/i\u003e somehow manage to feel as though they could take place today. In Emily Mitchell’s created worlds, as in our own, technology bewitches, especially with its ability to heighten both connections and isolation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Whether being held by a giant and comforting machine, allowing micro-drones to record one’s every moment for a year to win prize money, or choosing self-mutilation in exchange for a bionic hand, these characters navigate technological and social change. The familiar can turn unrecognizable and disorienting—sometimes in a flash, sometimes gradually. Lyrical, haunting, and often funny, these stories ask us to consider what—and who—gets left out of a seemingly utopian future of technological advancements. Finely observed, thoughtful, and vivid, Mitchell’s stories get under your skin. It’s not that the best-laid plans could lead us astray—it’s that they may already have.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMothers\u003cbr\u003e Life\/Story\u003cbr\u003e Forgotten Pastimes of the Victorians\u003cbr\u003e Her Face I Cannot See\u003cbr\u003e The Church of Divine Electricity\u003cbr\u003e The Woman Who Loved a Tree\u003cbr\u003e The Assistant\u003cbr\u003e In Which I Try to Save the World from Total Destruction Through the Power of Art\u003cbr\u003e Becoming a Cat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52716359254296,"sku":"9780299354343","price":13.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-church-of-divine-electricity-paperback-softback-9780299354343","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}