{"product_id":"theres-a-monster-in-the-lake-the-world-as-a-fantastical-place-9781644454190","title":"There's a Monster in the Lake: The World as a Fantastical Place","description":"\u003cp\u003eA witty meditation revealing what our obsession with monsters says about wonder, reality, and narrative itself \u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Fernández\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644454190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/17\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Fernández is a writer, journalist, and critic. She is the author of six novels, the most recent of which won the Ojo Crítico de Narrativa Prize and the Finestres Prize for Narrative, among others. She writes for \u003ci\u003eEl País\u003c\/i\u003e and lives in Barcelona. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlexis Almeida is a poet and translator. She is the author of the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eCaetano\u003c\/i\u003e and the translator of Roberta Iannamico's \u003ci\u003eMany Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. Almeida teaches at the Bard Microcollege at the Brooklyn Public Library and runs 18 Owls Press.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Laura Fern\u0026#195;\u0026#161;ndez \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":49001637380253,"sku":"9781644454190","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_93b228d0-488a-420d-9609-af35817fec4b.jpg?v=1791983084","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/theres-a-monster-in-the-lake-the-world-as-a-fantastical-place-9781644454190","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}