{"product_id":"the-afflictions-9781941360354","title":"The Afflictions","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe legendary Encyclopedia of Medicine is a dizzying collection of maladies: an amnesia that causes everyone you've ever met to forget you exist, while you remain perfectly, painfully aware of your history. A wound that grows with each dark thought or evil deed you commit but shrinks with every act of kindness. A disease that causes your body to imitate death, stopping your heart, cooling your blood. Will the fit pass before they bury you--or after?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Afflictions\u003c\/em\u003e is a magical compendium of pseudo-diseases, an encyclopedia of archaic medicine written by a contemporary physician and scientist. Little by little, these bizarre and mystical afflictions frame an eternal struggle: between human desire and the limits of bodily existence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst published in English in the United States, \u003cem\u003eThe Afflictions\u003c\/em\u003e has since been published in Argentina, Italy, and India. This second U.S. edition features the original illustrations created by Pia Valentinis for the Italian language edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVikram Paralkar was born and raised in Mumbai. Author of two works of fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Afflictions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNight Theater\u003c\/i\u003e, he is a physician-scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, where he treats patients with leukemia and researches the disease. His works have been translated into several foreign languages.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lanternfish Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51623928594706,"sku":"9781941360354","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6b51f042-f514-4764-bd50-4c428d2b88f9.jpg?v=1758649060","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-afflictions-9781941360354","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}