{"product_id":"the-carnival-of-affection","title":"The Carnival of Affection","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"There are not many truly unusual experiences; there are uniquely precise explications of experiences. These precise explications are rare, but \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Carnival of Affection \u003c\/em\u003eoffers them. These poems open windows into experience: A father raises a gay son laconically, evenhandedly, and their early time together resonates for decades. An early riser sifts the secret currents of his neighborhood. The mind and body watch each other in the intimate processes of age and sex. Mourners suffer the ceremonial gestures and scents of a funeral, a polite horror separate from the horror of death. The opposite of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethrough a glass darkly\u003c\/em\u003e, this is Dickensian perception that goes well beyond both ends of the ordinary human perceptual arc.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Laura Argiri\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eauthor of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe God in Flight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eFormat: Paperback \u003cbr\u003e Published: USA, 2016\u003cbr\u003e Publisher: Sibling Rivalry Press, LLC\u003cbr\u003eLanguages: English \u003cbr\u003e Pages: 90\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 13: 9781943977413\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 10: 1943977410\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Philip F. Clark","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44651747672330,"sku":"","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781943977413.jpg?v=1690877568","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/the-carnival-of-affection","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}