{"product_id":"a-crows-dream-paperback","title":"A Crow's Dream - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDouglas Valentine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Douglas Valentine's A Crow's Dream \"there is \/ No dark side to \/ The planet anymore.\" Other mysteries are ominous: \"How much of all that seems certain \/ Could vanish with a word?\" The natural world is tangible to Valentine as he prunes trees or watches \"ghostly columns of frozen mist arise\" from the Contoocook River in winter. Yet all is not lyric: Marvis Flynn, protagonist of a long poem that takes up a quarter of the book, parodies the Lord's Prayer: \"Give us this day our daily dread.\" Sinister characters abound. The villainous Cadillac Jack compares his prostitutes to cars and strikes a match \"across her teeth.\" Love is uncertain, although it may redeem you; and, as in Ovid, characters who seem stable change into other forms-birds, perhaps. Sometimes Valentine channels Robert Frost, sometimes old ballads, sometimes the Surrealists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 110\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722018295871,"sku":"9780982987865","price":16.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/abd865af123b1a9c78031fae52fd81cb.webp?v=1765094334","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-crows-dream-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}