{"product_id":"the-neptune-room-9781771665810","title":"The Neptune Room","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the 2020 Governor General's Literary Award for Translation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSandrine's father is dead, and her mother has vanished into her grief. Alone and suffering from an incurable disease, the eleven-year-old girl finds companionship in her doctor, Tiresias, who morphologically changes sex in unpredictable ways (and seemingly without anyone noticing). A transformational tale about the mysteries of identity and the power dynamics that surround it, \u003cem\u003eThe Neptune Room\u003c\/em\u003e?pieces together life's terrible but tender metamorphosis, opening a door onto a universe of beauty, mourning, and renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Neptune Room\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Neptune Room\u003c\/i\u003e is a frenetic read, bursting with cultural, political, and philosophical references.\" --\u003ci\u003eMontreal Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The beautiful prose elegantly carries the pain while imbuing each word with significance; it's something so rarely found today. Put this in an English Undergrad class, and you'll have students analyzing the work for months, reeling with ideas until the end of the semester.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe White Wall Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771665810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Bertrand Laverdure","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40292480385205,"sku":"9781771665810","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_122bad83-94dd-4381-bf7c-ae6d114dfc22.jpg?v=1624331937","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-neptune-room-9781771665810","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}