{"product_id":"the-divine-farce-paperback","title":"The Divine Farce - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael S. a. Graziano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A Dante\/Beckett reduction of human struggle to its lowest common denominator.\"--\u003cb\u003eMichael Mirolla\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Formal Logic of Emotion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBerlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most original and thought-provoking stories I have ever read...true literary art...Not a word is wasted in this masterpiece. Yes, I call it that. I have read many classics, and I can tell you that \u003cb\u003eThe Divine Farce\u003c\/b\u003e should be counted among them; the finest in American literature.\"--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeekscribe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree strangers are condemned to live together in darkness, crushed together in a concrete stall so small that they can never sit down. Liquid food drips down from above. Waste drains through a grid on the floor. So begins one of the strangest, most surreal comments on the human experience, on love and hatred and the human ability to find good in any situation, no matter how difficult. Michael S. A. Graziano delights in the macabre and surreal, yet it is his optimism that lifts this little novel. Like \u003ci\u003eThe Love Song of Monkey\u003c\/i\u003e, this book is deeply thought provoking, horrifying, and funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Love Song of Monkey\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Imaginative, intelligent narrative. Twin ideas of forgiveness and mercy twist through this strange, moving, patiently wrought novel.\"--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fabulously imagined, seriously considered, and very funny. A kind of fairytale antithesis on the meaning of existence. . . . Fantastic.\"--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpirituality and Health Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Strange but wonderful . . . like nothing I've read before. A very short book, but the scope is epic in detail. . . . I enjoyed the heck out of this book.\"--\u003cb\u003eGeekscribe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Should be required reading in the writing grad schools. . . . There's nary a word wasted. What's left is comedy, retrospection, betrayal, tenderness, meditations on loneliness, a love story that survives all attempts to suppress it . . . not bad within 149 pages.\"--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarnstable Patriot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael S. A. Graziano\u003c\/b\u003e, Princeton University neuroscientist, is the author of the novella \u003ci\u003eHiding Places\u003c\/i\u003e (New England Review, 1997), the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Love Song of Monkey\u003c\/i\u003e (Leapfrog Press, 2008), and \u003ci\u003eThe Intelligent Movement Machine\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2008).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael S. A. Graziano\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of neuroscience at Princeton University, is the author of the novella \u003ci\u003eHiding Places\u003c\/i\u003e (New England Review, 1997), the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Love Song of Monkey\u003c\/i\u003e (Leapfrog Press, 2008), \u003ci\u003eThe Seclusion Zone\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist in the Faulkner-Wisdom Novella Category, 2007), and \u003ci\u003eThe Intelligent Movement Machine \u003c\/i\u003e(Oxford University Press, 2008).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7 x 4.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44324404887654,"sku":"9781935248040","price":22.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/bUdbDP9RWM9781935248040.webp?v=1768193444","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-divine-farce-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}