{"product_id":"the-protester-has-been-released-paperback","title":"The Protester Has Been Released - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJanet Sarbanes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePopulated by wise animals and hapless humans, \u003cem\u003eProtester\u003c\/em\u003ebrilliantly evokes an end-of-the-world feeling that is equal parts dread and hilarity. In nine precisely rendered stories and a novella featuring the American president's daughter, Sarbanes takes on the big questions with gallows humor: What is freedom? What is love? What is art? And what does it matter now?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \"Meet Koko,\" the famous signing gorilla spends her nights secretly typing a hilarious \"counter-narrative\" onto her researcher's laptop. \"The First Daughter Finds Her Way\" chronicles the quest of a president's daughter to keep her father from invading the world's nations in reverse alphabetical order. Sibling rivalry turns lethal in \"Who Will Sit with Maman?\" And in \"Ars Longa,\" a Colorado town riddled with cancer turns to art making in order to cope with the chaos of the present and the sins of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhether chiseled into discretely titled chunks, or rendered via extended interior monologues, Sarbanes' witty, affective prose deftly locates the promise of a new society within the shell of the old. A fierce, funny primer for our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 202\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729704357951,"sku":"9781936196654","price":38.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/36ec6d8bb9206917128287ab086658c8.webp?v=1765123261","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-protester-has-been-released-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}