'Are we all just going to keep doing this until we die?' 'Are we in hell?' the people of the portal ask themselves. An avalanche of images, details, and references accumulate to form a landscape that is post-sense, post-irony, post-everything. When existential threats-from climate change and economic precariousness to the rise of an unnamed dictator and an epidemic of loneliness-begin to loom, she posts her way deeper into the portal's void. She is overwhelmed by navigating the new language and etiquette of what she terms 'the portal,' where she grapples with an unshakable conviction that a vast chorus of voices is now dictating her thoughts.

I really think this book is remarkable.” -David Sedarisįrom 'a formidably gifted writer' ( The New York Times Book Review), a book that asks: Is there life after the internet?Īs this urgent, genre-defying book opens, a woman who has recently been elevated to prominence for her social media posts travels around the world to meet her adoring fans.

What an inventive and startling writer…I’m so glad I read this. I can’t remember the last time I laughed so much reading a book. “A book that reads like a prose poem, at once sublime, profane, intimate, philosophical, witty and, eventually, deeply moving.” - New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice

FINALIST FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE & A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK OF 2021

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