{"product_id":"the-love-song-of-monkey-9781971225036","title":"The Love Song of Monkey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe DIvine Farce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Neuroscientist and author \u003cb\u003eGraziano\u003c\/b\u003e has crafted a compelling fantasy based on a semi-plausible \"what if.\" Imaginative, intelligent narrative...Twin ideas of forgiveness and mercy twist through this strange, moving, patiently wrought novel, making for a trippy but charming read.\"- \u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An hilarious, dark, brittle take on post-modern medicine, love triangles, the dense emptiness of contemporary life, and the power of contemplative self-discovery. Part magic realism, part science fiction, part theater of the absurd, and part over-the-top, unrepentant spoof, this novel packs more into its few short pages than do most epic trilogies. \u003cb\u003eGraziano\u003c\/b\u003e has fabricated the rare kind of tale that the reader can honestly say ends much too quickly. Perfectly woven, self-enclosed, multifaceted . . . Kosinski's \u003ci\u003eBeing There\u003c\/i\u003e sprinkled with a strong dose of \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e . . . the kind of simplicity that speaks volumes.\"--\u003cb\u003eMichael Mirolla\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Formal Logic of Emotion\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An amalgam of fairy tale, satire, science fiction, medical thriller, and soap opera. . . . It is difficult to fathom that a novel so brief can be so epic in scope. Inventive and deftly crafted, The Love Song of Monkey is a tale no reader will soon forget.\"--\u003cb\u003eEric Linder, Yellow Umbrella Books, Chatham, Massachusetts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a surreal exile on the floor of the Atlantic, a young man faces his own death and his wife's infidelity. \u003ci\u003eThe Love Song of Monkey\u003c\/i\u003e is a meditation on the simple, inexplicable, and lasting power of love, cast in the metaphor of a journey to the depths of the ocean floor. Precise and beautifully crafted, this modern fable is rich with humor and deep thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Leapfrog Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781971225036\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156","brand":"Michael S. a. Graziano","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774263980213,"sku":"9781971225036","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-love-song-of-monkey-9781971225036","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}