{"product_id":"you-bleeding-childhood-9781913505684","title":"You, Bleeding Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eItaly's great chronicler of the macabre and hilarious\u003cbr\u003eterrors of growing up geeky arrives in English at last.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong\u003cbr\u003ebefore the latest vogue for autofiction, Michele Mari, one of Italy's most\u003cbr\u003ebeloved authors, cast his mind back to the days of his own childhood, and found\u003cbr\u003eit crawling with monsters. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaised\u003cbr\u003eon comic books and science fiction, the young Mari constructed an alternate\u003cbr\u003euniverse for himself untouched by uncomprehending grownups or sadistic peers.\u003cbr\u003eCompared to the horrors of real life, Long John Silver and Cthulhu made for\u003cbr\u003epositively cuddly company; but little boys raised by beasts may well grow up\u003cbr\u003ebeastly--or never grow up at all. Waking or sleeping, the obsessions of Mari's\u003cbr\u003eyouth seem to color his every adult thought. \u003ci\u003eYou, Bleeding Childhood \u003c\/i\u003estands\u003cbr\u003eas his first attempt to catalog this cabinet of wonders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCult\u003cbr\u003eclassics since their first publication, these loosely connected stories stand\u003cbr\u003eas the ideal introduction to an encyclopedic fantasist on a par with Kafka, \u003cbr\u003ePoe, and Borges. \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 And Other Stories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913505684\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michele Mari","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42907781759157,"sku":"9781913505684","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_72d72806-a1a4-4f3c-b4ff-cd181ebe3ab1.jpg?v=1686669019","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/you-bleeding-childhood-9781913505684","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}