{"product_id":"drenched-stories-of-love-and-other-deliriums-9781593762711","title":"Drenched: Stories of Love and Other Deliriums","description":"\u003cb\u003ePassion engulfs all in these wildly imaginative stories filled with \"a textured beauty\" (Aimee Bender).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Two lovers accidentally create a love potion while making a batch of Jell-O. An apartment is filled with water as an act of gravity-defying devotion to an acrobat. At turns blissful, absurd, sexy, and devastating, Marisa Matarazzo's stories don't just push the boundaries of love--they show how very boundless it is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These interconnected shorts take love to a new level--another world, where a sex fever can sweep a town and where sex acts are performed tied to the raised mast of a sailboat. Falling into love, swimming, and drowning in it, the characters often exist in places where land and water collide and morph. A girl without hands is rescued from the sea by an oil-rig worker. A boy transplants a fish into the body of a menacing neighbor. A woman on the rebound has an unexpected encounter with an otherworldly water engineer. Fusing magical realism and fantasy with the heart of the here and now, Matarazzo has established a singular style. As she shifts effortlessly among startling plotlines and peculiar characters, she celebrates the fluid sorcery of love--in its ardor, its ugliness, all of its uncanny and magnificent manifestations, proclaiming love the most wondrous magic of all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593762711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/23\/2009 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Marisa Matarazzo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403426951349,"sku":"9781593762711","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3e394355-3d51-4f61-a667-80fb49b4d761.jpg?v=1774969202","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/drenched-stories-of-love-and-other-deliriums-9781593762711","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}