{"product_id":"carnality-9781635420746","title":"Carnality","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this latest novel from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Polyglot Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e, a writer searching for inspiration in Spain goes on a darkly comic, delightfully absurd journey through an underground society.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAwarded a three-month stipend to travel and work, a Swedish writer flies to Madrid, where in a bar she meets a man with an extraordinary story to tell. In exchange for somewhere to sleep and to hide out for a few days, he is willing to tell her the whole astonishing tale. What follows is an account of fantastic proportions and ingredients: the existence of a shadowy Internet TV show with a certain morality clause, a threat to the storyteller's life, a diabolical nun, and the story of a girl with a missing left thumb. The tale is also the precursor to a meeting between the writer and the infernal miracle worker, Lucia--a meeting that ultimately forces the writer to make a fateful decision about her own inner essence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarnality \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel about the universal need for spirituality and truth--not to mention a good story--set in the seemingly unspiritual grimy underbelly of society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635420746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lina Wolff","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132489142453,"sku":"9781635420746","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_462b6328-f6d6-4ab3-8c25-2bb2e55bfe78.jpg?v=1652813744","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/carnality-9781635420746","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}