{"product_id":"grimmish-9781552454664","title":"Grimmish","description":"\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The strangest book you are likely to read this year.\" - JM Coetzee\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePain was Joe Grim's self-expression, his livelihood and reason for being. A superstar boxer who rarely won a fight, Grim distinguished himself for his extraordinary ability to withstand physical punishment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this wild and expansive novel, Michael Winkler moves between the present day and Grim's 1908-9 tour of Australia, bending genres and histories into a kaleidoscopic investigation of pain, masculinity, and narrative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePain is often said to defy the limits of language. And yet \u003ci\u003eGrimmish\u003c\/i\u003e suggests that pain - physical and mental - is also the most familiar and universal human condition; and, perhaps, the secret source of our impulse to tell stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns hilarious and tragic, vulnerable and tough, \u003ci\u003eGrimmish\u003c\/i\u003e is truly one of a kind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A powerful blast of literary ingenuity and originality.\" - Lloyd Jones, author of \u003ci\u003eMister Pip\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGrimmish\u003c\/i\u003e meets a need I didn't even know I had. I lurched between bursts of wild laughter, shudders of horror, and gasps of awe at Winkler's verbal command: the freshness and muscle of his verbs, the unstoppable flow of his images, the bizarre wit of the language of pugilism--and all the while, a moving subterranean glint of strange masculine tenderness.\" - Helen Garner\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e]\"All the makings of a cult classic. It's grotesque and gorgeous, smart and searching.\" - Beejay Silcox, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552454664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Michael Winkler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42753408467125,"sku":"9781552454664","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8f91e8f8-5d34-40af-a3df-d44d0e18b268.jpg?v=1677594712","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/grimmish-9781552454664","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}