{"product_id":"blue-hunger-9781635579499","title":"Blue Hunger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of Italy's most electrifying voices, a fearless story of queer love and obsession set against the glassy surfaces of Shanghai.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBlue Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e is irresistible, evocative, dripping with desire, and brilliantly written-Viola Di Grado is a genius.\"-Jami Attenberg\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter her twin's death, a solitary young woman leaves Rome for Shanghai, the city where her brother Ruben had long dreamed of opening a restaurant. Teaching Italian to Chinese students, she meets a mysterious girl named Xu, who is also running from a turbulent past: a violent father, an absent mother, and an extended family who wishes she'd been a boy. Xu's house is dingy and full of rotting food, like a museum of decomposing organic matter. In the gloom of abandoned textile factories and dilapidated slaughterhouses, the two discover an extreme dimension where biting, swallowing, and taking each other in are part of the erotic ritual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rooted in an experience of cultural limbo, \u003ci\u003eBlue Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader on a visually stunning, taboo-demolishing journey into the depths of the psyche, from mourning to falling in lust-all in a city of potent dreams, stories, and stimulations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635579499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.51w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Viola Di Grado","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42599687913653,"sku":"9781635579499","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_77783ab2-c82d-446b-8d73-f2e7b41902d8.jpg?v=1674000006","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/blue-hunger-9781635579499","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}