{"product_id":"synecdoche-mark-young-9798994936825","title":"synecdoche","description":"With his signature confident spark of higher-order humor in s\u003ci\u003eynecdoche\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Young presents an ironic reality as he slips off the cloak around the putative \u003ci\u003ewhole, greater than the sum of its parts\u003c\/i\u003e and observes that the parts themselves, in their granularity and uniqueness, may in fact transcend the whole. He states, \"Decompose the outline \/ of complex parts\" before ushering in the question \"But why can I see only the ingredients?\" The book is replete with delicious linguistic wit, as in \"Random \/ noises from \/ the vowel house\" as Young wild-rides us through a series of near homophones, \"ballet,\" \"bullet,\" \"belet,\" \"billet,\" and \"bull at a gate,\" yielding an array of sharply different signals. These bright, clipped spurts of compressed language play their part in a leaping-off point toward an endless imaginative prowess reflecting Mark Young's marvelous capability to re-envision the world. Apt social commentary abounds, notably in the poem \"Trapezoid lunch pails,\" where we hear \"Now all I need is \/ a sports car with a big enough boot \/ to keep a mid-life crisis in.\" Warning: The mind of Mark Young is sterling, fluid, smart, and thus addictive. As always, highly recommended. - Sheila E. Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994936825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harrykstammer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Mark Young","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001758884095,"sku":"9798994936825","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/synecdoche-mark-young-9798994936825","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}