{"product_id":"the-massage-of-erasure-shmuel-barber-9781036969332","title":"The Massage of Erasure: Six Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn The Massage of Erasure, bodies, language, and memory unravel under the pressure of being alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fishmonger guts the past and finds his mother inside it. A couple argue about excretion, love, and creation until their words start to rot. A man attempts to remove himself from his own dream. By a frozen lake, something ancient watches as language and flesh collapse together. Elsewhere, sweetness ferments into hunger, and a man is coerced to vanish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShmuel Barber convenes six philosophy seminars from Hell and drops hallucinogenic bombs on them all, gleefully taking notes as they explode. Fans of Bulgakov and Ballard will pick themselves out of the wreckage and applaud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shmuel Barber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1036969339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781036969332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pynewood Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.28d","brand":"Shmuel Barber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799060918527,"sku":"9781036969332","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-massage-of-erasure-shmuel-barber-9781036969332","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}