{"product_id":"my-volcano-9781953387165","title":"My Volcano","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Volcano\u003c\/i\u003e is a kaleidoscopic portrait of a menagerie of characters, as they each undergo personal eruptions, while the Earth itself is constantly shifting. Parable, myth, science-fiction, eco-horror, \u003ci\u003eMy Volcano\u003c\/i\u003e is a radical work of literary art, emerging as a subversive, intoxicating artistic statement by John Elizabeth Stintzi.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn June 2, 2016, a protrusion of rock growing from the Central Park Reservoir is spotted by a jogger. Three weeks later, when it finally stops growing, it's nearly two-and-a-half miles tall, and has been determined to be an active volcano. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the volcano grows and then looms over New York, an eight-year-old boy in Mexico City finds himself transported 500 years into the past, where he witnesses the fall of the Aztec Empire; a Nigerian scholar in Tokyo studies a folktale about a woman of fire who descends a mountain and destroys an entire village; a white trans writer in Jersey City struggles to write a sci-fi novel about a thriving civilization on an impossible planet; a nurse tends to Syrian refugees in Greece while grappling with the trauma of living through the bombing of a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan; a nomadic farmer in Mongolia is stung by a bee, magically transforming him into a green, thorned, flowering creature that aspires to connect every living thing into its consciousness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With its riveting and audacious vision, \u003ci\u003eMy Volcano\u003c\/i\u003e is a tapestry on fire, a distorted and cinematic new work from the fiercely talented John Elizabeth Stintzi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Two Dollar Radio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953387165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Elizabeth Stintzi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52379423670453,"sku":"9781953387165","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_bdbd5979-1e0c-4292-ba14-ddb1ec64e958.jpg?v=1774372822","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/my-volcano-9781953387165","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}