{"product_id":"9781935248040","title":"The Divine Farce by Graziano, Michael S. A.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Dante\/Beckett reduction of human struggle to its lowest common denominator.\"—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMichael Mirolla\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Formal Logic of Emotion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBerlin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"One of the most original and thought-provoking stories I have ever read...true literary art...Not a word is wasted in this masterpiece. Yes, I call it that. I have read many classics, and I can tell you that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Divine Farce\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e should be counted among them; the finest in American literature.\"—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGeekscribe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree strangers are condemned to live together in darkness, crushed together in a concrete stall so small that they can never sit down. Liquid food drips down from above. Waste drains through a grid on the floor. So begins one of the strangest, most surreal comments on the human experience, on love and hatred and the human ability to find good in any situation, no matter how difficult. Michael S. A. Graziano delights in the macabre and surreal, yet it is his optimism that lifts this little novel. Like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Love Song of Monkey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this book is deeply thought provoking, horrifying, and funny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Graziano, Michael S. A.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 19 November 2009 by Leapfrog Press in the United States as part of 'the LeapLit' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 128 pages\u003cbr\u003e178 x 117 | 128g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Nook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58249462907261,"sku":"9781935248040","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/6525\/8945\/files\/9781935248040.jpg?v=1780588189","url":"https:\/\/www.booknookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781935248040","provider":"The Book Nook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}