{"product_id":"dr-sad-david-bateman-9781773851037","title":"Dr Sad","description":"\u003cp\u003eStephen is middle-aged. He's gay. He's content, except when he isn't. Stephen is a teacher. He's a poet. He has a new teaching job in Kamloops, BC. Stephen has HIV.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDR SAD\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of one man's journey across Canada and through his diagnosis. It is the story of the distance between queer urban spaces and a small campus in a small city in small-town BC. It is the story of discovering the self within the world, and the world within the self, of discovering the difference between living a life and simply enduring one. This is a tragicomic cross-campus, cross-country romp that believes in the power of romance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWeaving together narratives of past and present, of Toronto's Gay Village and the streets of Kamloops, BC this lively and dynamic semi-autobiographical novel dives deeply into gender and queerness, class and privilege, and the realities of aging. It is a dynamic and engaging hybrid, stylistically daring while remaining intimate and human.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeaping through time and mixing the playfully serious with the seriously playful, \u003cem\u003eDR SAD\u003c\/em\u003e blends poetry with prose and finds the humour in despair in one complete, glittering tragedy of triumph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Bateman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1773851039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773851037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Calgary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.16w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/26\/2020","brand":"David Bateman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987501023487,"sku":"9781773851037","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b7433b8-a744-4214-99eb-543330d44851.jpg?v=1683289360","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dr-sad-david-bateman-9781773851037","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}