{"product_id":"draa-9781891241314","title":"Draa","description":"A new edition of a classic of contemporary American literature, first published in 1997 by Sun \u0026amp; Moon Press but unavailable in recent years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDra--, the nondescript heroine of this grim, hilarious fiction, might have fallen through the same hole as Lewis Carroll's Alice, only now, 130 years later, there's no time for frivolity, just the pressing need to get a job. In a sealed, modern Wonderland of \"small stifled work centers, basements and sub-basements, night niches, and training hutches connected by hallways just inches across,\" Dra-- seeks employment . . . This labyrinthine journey is brilliantly mimicked in the architecture of the prose. Levine creates cozy little warrens, small safe spaces made of short clear sentences, then sends the reader spiraling down long broken passages, fragmented by colons and semi-colons which give a halting, lurching gait to our progress. A quest, a comedy of manners, and a parable, \u003ci\u003eDra--\u003c\/i\u003e is, above all else, a philosophical novel concerned with the most basic questions of living.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verse Chorus Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781891241314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.09w x 0.35d","brand":"Stacey Levine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670022680732,"sku":"9781891241314","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e443a66e-1e4e-417c-a8c4-b0d33732ed46.jpg?v=1603921650","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/draa-9781891241314","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}