{"product_id":"viscera-karmen-ita-9798197344441","title":"Viscera: An Illustrated Anatomy Book by Someone Who Is Not a Doctor","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe human body contains approximately 37 trillion cells, all of them working right now, without your permission, without your awareness, without pause.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVISCERA is a book about what is happening inside you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is not a textbook. It is not a medical manual. It is an art book that uses the human body as its subject - organ by organ, chapter by chapter - rendered in original dark baroque illustrations in deep gold, crimson, and black, inspired by the great Renaissance anatomists who first dared to look inside and draw what they found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty-one chapters. Thirty organs. One closing essay about why this book exists at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter follows the same structure: what the organ is, what it does, how to keep it healthy, and one strange but true fact that will make you look at your own body differently. The brain that cleans itself during sleep. The liver that can regenerate from a quarter of its original mass. The skin that replaces itself completely every few weeks. The heart that beats forty million times a year and asks for nothing in return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe writing is accessible, honest, and occasionally funny. The author is not a doctor - she says so herself, in the preface, with complete sincerity. The illustrations are extraordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVISCERA began as a joke about viscera. It ended as something that resists easy categorisation - part anatomy, part art, part meditation on the improbable fact of being alive. If you have ever looked at your hand and wondered what is happening underneath the skin, this book is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt started as a joke. It turned out to be the most serious thing there is.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karmen Ita\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798197344441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Karmen Ita","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084193341695,"sku":"9798197344441","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/viscera-karmen-ita-9798197344441","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}