{"product_id":"the-word-desire-9781564783981","title":"The Word \"Desire\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe twelve startlingly original stories about erotic situations collected in \"The Word Desire\" are the best opportunity yet for adventurous readers to discover the fiction of Rikki Ducornet. Always at ease with the sensuous, perverse and eccentric aspects of human nature, Ducornet turns her attention in this collection to the most volatile and easily misunderstood emotion, desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of these stories centers on a pivotal erotic moment in the lives of the men and women who narrate them, exploring the many strange reverberations that occur when desire is present whether repressed or acted upon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDucornet, Rikki:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Rikki Ducornet was born in New York and has lived in North Africa, South America, Canada and France. Her work as an illustrator first came to the attention of the Canadian book trade in 1974 with the publication of Susan Musgrave's \"Gullband\". In 1983, the Porcupine's Quill commissioned Rikki to illustrate an edition of Jorge Luis Borges' \"Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRikki is the author of three short-story collections, seven books of poetry, and seven novels, including \"The Fan-Maker's Inquisition\" and \"The Jade Cabinet\". She is also a painter whose work has been exhibited widely. She currently lives in Denver, Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50356632518930,"sku":"9781564783981","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cdce05a8-f6a5-44e6-b81d-3d298ea90b49.jpg?v=1728311861","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-word-desire-9781564783981","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}