{"product_id":"the-disembodied-parts-a-rhapsody-9781087881294","title":"The Disembodied Parts: a rhapsody","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom author Pablo D'Stair (LUCY JINX, REGARD) comes an inimitable portrait of brotherhood and an excavation of the communal folklore which forges artistic perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOURTH GRADER, ICHABOD BURLAP AND his brother Alvin lived in a neighborhood where the disembodied parts of a corpse, each armed with some implement of death, roamed without restriction. These maledictions could disguise themselves as animals, each one. Rust-colored squirrel, a hand. Overweight pigeon, a head. Some kids said this shape-shifting is needless as the parts could turn invisible, teleport through solid walls and ceilings. Some kids said all kinds of things. Misinformation. Uninformed lunkheads, disbelieving louts, and daredevils sewing confusion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWere the body parts all of a single corpse? Whose corpse? Was the dead man contemporary, ancient? Were the body parts as much a disguise as the animals? Was this menace - entity, lifeforce - not of our physical or psychic realm? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome kids said they knew. Some kids said all kinds of things. \u003cbr\u003e Some kids were, one day, never heard from again ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE DISEMBODIED PARTS is an autobiographical novel evoking a childhood exactly as it was - which is precisely as it wasn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Village Idiot Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781087881294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d","brand":"Pablo D'Stair","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52034320335029,"sku":"9781087881294","price":11.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d91d2f2e-bdb1-465e-950b-6071148c4055.jpg?v=1763593614","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-disembodied-parts-a-rhapsody-9781087881294","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}