{"product_id":"bibliolepsy-9781641294119","title":"Bibliolepsy","description":"\u003cb\u003eMoving, sexy, and archly funny, Gina Apostol's Philippine National Book Award-winning \u003ci\u003eBibliolepsy\u003c\/i\u003e is a love letter to the written word and a brilliantly unorthodox look at the rebellion that brought down a dictatorship\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGina Apostol's debut novel, available for the first time in the US, tells of a young woman caught between a lifelong desire to escape into books and a real-world revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is the mid-eighties, two decades into the kleptocratic, brutal rule of Ferdinand Marcos. The Philippine economy is in deep recession, and civil unrest is growing by the day. But Primi Peregrino has her own priorities: tracking down books and pursuing romantic connections with their authors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Primi, the nascent revolution means that writers are gathering more often, and with greater urgency, so that every poetry reading she attends presents a veritable \"Justice League\" of authors for her to choose among. As the Marcos dictatorship stands poised to topple, Primi remains true to her fantasy: that she, \"a vagabond from history, a runaway from time,\" can be saved by sex, love, and books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soho Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641294119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Gina Apostol","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42439231013045,"sku":"9781641294119","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c993923f-f20f-4685-9bc1-faa093aa3305.jpg?v=1665460706","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bibliolepsy-9781641294119","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}