{"product_id":"satire-state-christina-di-pensare-9780979827563","title":"Satire State","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSatire State: Dispatches from the Obedient Republic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eby Christina di Pensare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if democracy didn't die in darkness-but in daylight, with polite applause and a standing ovation? In this searing collection of satirical fables, Christina di Pensare takes aim at the absurdities of authoritarianism disguised as order, obedience, and patriotic performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith sharp wit and dark hilarity, di Pensare issues a series of dispatches from the Obedient Republic -each more chilling, absurd, and uncomfortably familiar than the last-that chart the bureaucratic banality of modern authoritarianism.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the Obedient Republic, citizens nod hourly, perform thrice-daily nationally-mandated splits, and wear matching crutches in solidarity with their Supreme Leader's stubbed toe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo feeling is safe. No metaphor is approved. No citizen is taller than the President.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom ministries that ban cutlery and metaphors, to trials for teenagers who dared to moon the Presidential motorcade, Satire State conjures a nation teetering on the edge of madness-one bureaucratic decree at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReminiscent of the dark irony of Jonathan Swift, the gallows humor of George Saunders, and the prophetic sting of George Orwell, these dispatches read like parody-until they don't.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese aren't warnings from the future. They're funhouse reflections of the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSatire State is laugh-out-loud funny-until it isn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christina Di Pensare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0979827566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780979827563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mirare Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.23d","brand":"Christina Di Pensare","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852612219135,"sku":"9780979827563","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/satire-state-christina-di-pensare-9780979827563","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}