{"product_id":"messiahs-marc-anthony-richardson-9781573661904","title":"Messiahs","description":"\u003cb\u003e2021 Big Other Book Award Fiction Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fiercely ecstatic tale of betrayal and self-sacrifice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMessiahs\u003c\/i\u003e centers on two nameless lovers, a woman of east Asian descent and a former state prisoner, a black man who volunteered incarceration on behalf of his falsely convicted nephew, yet was \"exonerated\" after more than two years on death row. In this dystopian America, one can assume a relative's capital sentence as an act of holy reform--\"the proxy initiative,\" patterned after the Passion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The lovers begin their affair by exchanging letters, and after his release, they withdraw to a remote cabin during a torrential winter, haunted by their respective past tragedies. Savagely ostracized by her family for years, the woman is asked by her mother to take the proxy initiative for her brother--creating a conflict she cannot bear to share with her lover. Comprised of ten poetic paragraphs, \u003ci\u003eMessiahs\u003c\/i\u003e' rigorous style and sustained intensity equals agony and ecstasy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marc Anthony Richardson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1573661902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781573661904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e F2c\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 5.59w x 0.48d","brand":"Marc Anthony Richardson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046658961663,"sku":"9781573661904","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8d303fa0-04f8-4fab-aefa-205dea38cc76.jpg?v=1684985765","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/messiahs-marc-anthony-richardson-9781573661904","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}