{"product_id":"blasphemy-and-other-ancestors-9781774221495","title":"Blasphemy and Other Ancestors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlasphemy and Other Ancestors\u003c\/em\u003e is comprised of four novellas, in which authors Padgett Powell, Darius James, Lee Henderson, and Jean Marc Ah-Sen explore the tag end of existence and the abasements that memory holds in store for characters living \"outside of their time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBlasphemy and Other Ancestors\u003c\/em\u003e, a Southern man of letters tries to instruct his assistant on the matters of the heart, a self-centered telephile recounts how his aunt taught him about the world beyond his T.V. set, an avant-garde filmmaker is haunted by a Nazi persecutor at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, and a sundowner discovers that a writer recording the events of his life holds the secret to his ability to remember his past lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean Marc Ah-Sen is the author of \u003cem\u003eGrand Menteur\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIn the Beggarly Style of Imitation\u003c\/em\u003e, and the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eKilworthy Tanner\u003c\/em\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eToronto Star, Maclean?s, Hazlitt\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Comics Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. The \u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e has hailed his writing as an ?inventive escape from the conventional.?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gordon Hill Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50903701618962,"sku":"9781774221495","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1be69b88-c4d1-42d0-bb4f-4a8efa1acfcd.jpg?v=1738504014","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blasphemy-and-other-ancestors-9781774221495","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}