{"product_id":"the-stain-9781628975659","title":"The Stain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe provocative, spellbinding debut novel, set in a village in the Loire Valley in the late 19th century, by prolific worldbuilder Rikki Ducornet. \u003c\/strong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Stain\u003c\/em\u003e, Rikki Ducornet tells the story of a young girl named Charlotte, branded with a furry birthmark in the shape of a dancing hare, regarded as the mark of Satan. \"Sadistic nuns, scatology, butchered animals, monkish rapists, and Satan\" (\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e), as well as the village exorcist, inhabit this bawdy tale of perversion, power, possession, and the rape of innocence. Ducornet weaves an intricate design of fantasy and reality, at once surreal, hilarious, and terrifying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628975659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226","brand":"Rikki Ducornet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44902155124917,"sku":"9781628975659","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_de372e07-36c6-4e13-b0a1-af967d934899.jpg?v=1733813441","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-stain-9781628975659","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}