{"product_id":"the-body-of-the-beasts-9781487006105","title":"The Body of the Beasts","description":"\u003cp\u003eReminiscent of Ga tan Soucy's \u003cem\u003eThe Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches\u003c\/em\u003e and William Golding's \u003cem\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/em\u003e, Audr e Wilhemy's \u003cem\u003eThe Body of Beasts\u003c\/em\u003e is a startling, gorgeously written novel that tells the story of the Borya family minding a lighthouse and living in isolation. Their lives are altered when young Osip, peering from the lighthouse gallery he has made his home, sees a woman, No , arrives in Sitjaq -- her dress scant, her skin curiously scarred, and her manners mysterious and wild.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo  bears a child, Mie, to Sevastien-Benedikt, the eldest son on whose hunter-gathering the Borya family depends. She lives in a cabin on her own and covers the walls with drawings that allude to her mysterious life. The family's entrenchment in nature is enthrallingly conveyed in young Mie's sensuous ability to borrow at will the body of mammals, birds, fish, and insects. Her shape-shifting allows her to know the ways of the natural world, though only to a point. When her own awakening body starts to intrigue her, she asks her uncle Osip to \"teach me human sex.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Body of the Beasts\u003c\/em\u003e is an imaginative tour de force, a beautifully described portrait of a world that exists outside of words; an uninhibited and erotic novel that, in the singular tradition of Qu b cois Boreal Gothic, explores our humanity -- and our animal nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arachnide Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487006105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/03\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Audr\u0026#233;e Wilhelmy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36653366345884,"sku":"9781487006105","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5aefcc04-3793-43ff-a94d-f92b3f77835b.jpg?v=1603881577","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-body-of-the-beasts-9781487006105","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}