{"product_id":"playing-house-joseph-d-reich-9781734155822","title":"Playing House: the paradox of paradise","description":"Aphoristic Variations Volume III of IIIEclecticism defines the work of prolific author Joseph D. Reich. This trilogy is a cross-genre exploration plumbing the depths of human growth and development. This psychological pain diary of surreal stanzas overflows with hard-hitting aphorisms. Reich's stream-of-consciousness invective illuminates every crooked facet of the American Dream, recalling Henry Miller's venomous take on this country as an \"Air-Conditioned Nightmare.\"Reich aims to uncover and heal the profound damage, pain, and loss which life inflicts on the ever-suffering soul of modern man. He leaves no stone unturned, touching upon family dysfunction, abnormal psychology, parapsychology, existentialism, linguistics, and the psycho-dynamics of the fragile human condition.The absurdity of this country's increasingly nihilistic social landscape is Reich's poetic tapestry. His missives are equally tinted by philosophy and sociology, creating a surrealistic guide that is sure to strike a chord with both cynics and optimists, or simply anyone--which is to say everyone--leading lives of \"quiet desperation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph D. Reich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1734155825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734155822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Makeshift Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.58d","brand":"Joseph D. Reich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437020950783,"sku":"9781734155822","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_32a7b6c4-be9e-4f50-bf1d-9a8a1385de09.jpg?v=1777159324","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/playing-house-joseph-d-reich-9781734155822","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}