{"product_id":"recital-of-the-dark-verses-9781646052790","title":"Recital of the Dark Verses","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRecital of the Dark Verses\u003c\/i\u003e is a road novel, a coming-of-age tale, and a raunchy slapstick comedy that tells--in careening, charismatic prose--the (true) story of the theft of the body of Saint John of the Cross.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn August 1592, a bailiff and his two assistants arrive at the monastery of Úbeda, with the secret task of transferring the body of Saint John of the Cross, the great Carmelite poet and mystic who had died the previous year, to his final abode. When they exhume him, they find a body uncorrupted and as fresh as when he died.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e Recital of the Dark Verses\u003c\/i\u003e follows the three hapless thieves as they sneak the corpse of Saint John of the Cross from Úbeda to Segovia, trying not to lose too many pieces of the body to his frenzied disciples along the way. It is the (true) story of a heist, a road novel, a coming-of-age tale, and a raunchy slapstick comedy told in careening, charismatic prose. It is also a witty and wise commentary on the verse of one of Spain's most important poets woven from the lines for which he is best known----a revival of words written more than four centuries ago, and a centering and celebration of their intrinsic queerness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deep Vellum Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646052790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250","brand":"Luis Felipe Fabre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43059873382581,"sku":"9781646052790","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_430afc45-37db-4684-9cd2-18a0d0641444.jpg?v=1690299935","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/recital-of-the-dark-verses-9781646052790","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}