{"product_id":"match-helen-guri-9781552452431","title":"Match","description":"Robert Brand has given up on real women. Relationships just haven't ever worked out well for him. He has, however, found a (somewhat problematic) solution, a new feminine ideal: the 110-pound sex doll he ordered over the internet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShowing an uncanny access to the voice of the rejected, unimpressive, emotionally challenged modern male, Helen Guri's debut collection explores Robert's transition from lost and lonely to loved, if only by the increasingly acrobatic voices in his mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatch\u003c\/i\u003e's touching, whip-smart poems chart the limits of the mind\/body relationship in decidedly virtual times. Does our hero's lovesick, wry, self-searching and often self-annihilating gaze signal some catastrophic aversion to depth or a feverish (if unsettling) reassertion of the romantic impulse? Can anything good really happen when the object of one's affection is, literally, an object? And if she looks like a human being, can you ever know for sure she isn't one? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEqual parts love story, social parody and radiant display of lyrical gymnastics, \u003ci\u003eMatch\u003c\/i\u003e announces the arrival of a daring, forthright and stubbornly original new talent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Guri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552452433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552452431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.30d","brand":"Helen Guri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44068588421375,"sku":"9781552452431","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_efa9b5d6-cc97-4bc1-9eea-964f19e2b282.jpg?v=1685419876","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/match-helen-guri-9781552452431","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}