{"product_id":"the-forest-brims-over-maru-ayase-9781640095373","title":"The Forest Brims Over","description":"\u003cb\u003eA woman turns herself into a forest after long being co-opted to serve as the subject of her husband's novels--this surrealist fable challenges traditional gender attitudes and exploitation in the literary world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNowatari Rui has long been the subject of her husband's novels, depicted as a pure woman who takes great pleasure in sex. With her privacy and identity continually stripped away, she has come to be seen by society first and foremost as the inspiration for her husband's art. When a decade's worth of frustrations reaches its boiling point, Rui consumes a bowl of seeds, and buds and roots begin to sprout all over her body. Instead of taking her to a hospital, her husband keeps her in an aquaterrarium, set to compose a new novel based on this unsettling experience. But Rui breaks away from her husband by growing into a forest--and in time, she takes over the entire city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs fantasy and reality bleed together, \u003ci\u003eThe Forest Brims Over\u003c\/i\u003e challenges unconscious gender biases and explores the boundaries between art and exploitation--muse abuse--in the literary world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maru Ayase\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1640095373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640095373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.08w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/29\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2023 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2023","brand":"Maru Ayase","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079412642047,"sku":"9781640095373","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_59703855-abb2-4394-80ea-2cb0cfbeda2c.jpg?v=1685480999","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-forest-brims-over-maru-ayase-9781640095373","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}