{"product_id":"mary-wept-over-the-feet-chester-brown-9781770462342","title":"Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe idiosyncratic master Chester Brown continues his thoughts on sex work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Bible is Chester Brown's holy harlot. He plumbs the mysteries of her depths while she schools him in the ways of love. Like all of Chester's work, \u003ci\u003eMary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e is confounding, yet addictive, instantly re-readable, and expands with revelations in his hundred pages of notes. A work of passion, research, and elegant clarity. My new favourite.\"--\u003cb\u003eCraig Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eBlankets\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHabibi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Chester Brown is both God's and the devil's gift to the world.\"--\u003cb\u003eDavid Henry Sterry\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHos, Hookers, Call Girls and Rent Boys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Chester's work never fails to surprise and delight me. Since I always enjoy mythic and legendary tales of harlots, I knew I would like \u003ci\u003eMary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e, but I was pleased and impressed by the way he used all these stories to illustrate a larger theme about humanity's relationship to Divinity and the role my profession plays in that relationship. Chester shows that spirituality and sexuality, which are so often depicted in our culture as opposed to one another, are actually deeply intertwined.\"--\u003cb\u003eMaggie McNeill\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Honest Courtesan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe iconoclastic and bestselling cartoonist of \u003ci\u003ePaying for It: A comic-strip memoir about being a john\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLouis Riel\u003c\/i\u003e returns and with a polemical interpretation of the Bible that will be one of the most controversial and talked-about graphic novels of 2016. \u003ci\u003eMary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e is the retelling in comics form of nine biblical stories that present Chester Brown's fascinating and startling thesis about biblical representations of prostitution. Brown weaves a connecting line between Bathsheba, Ruth, Rahab, Tamar, Mary of Bethany, and the Virgin Mother. He reassesses the Christian moral code by examining the cultural implications of the Bible's representations of sex work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e is a fitting follow-up to Brown's sui generis graphic memoir \u003ci\u003ePaying for It\u003c\/i\u003e, which was reviewed twice in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and hailed by sex workers for Brown's advocacy for the decriminalization and normalization of prostitution. Brown approaches the Bible as he did the life of Louis Riel, making these stories compellingly readable and utterly pertinent to a modern audience. In classic Chester Brown fashion, he provides extensive handwritten endnotes that delve into the biblical lore that informs \u003ci\u003eMary Wept Over the Feet of Jesu\u003c\/i\u003es.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chester Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770462341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770462342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 4.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2016 pg. 39","brand":"Chester Brown","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43979638636799,"sku":"9781770462342","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7bd8c654-c926-48d9-9393-ba2cb2d06899.jpg?v=1683246323","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mary-wept-over-the-feet-chester-brown-9781770462342","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}