{"product_id":"a-crows-dream-9780982987865","title":"A Crow's Dream","description":"In Douglas Valentine's A Crow's Dream \"there is \/ No dark side to \/ The planet anymore.\" Other mysteries are ominous: \"How much of all that seems certain \/ Could vanish with a word?\" The natural world is tangible to Valentine as he prunes trees or watches \"ghostly columns of frozen mist arise\" from the Contoocook River in winter. Yet all is not lyric: Marvis Flynn, protagonist of a long poem that takes up a quarter of the book, parodies the Lord's Prayer: \"Give us this day our daily dread.\" Sinister characters abound. The villainous Cadillac Jack compares his prostitutes to cars and strikes a match \"across her teeth.\" Love is uncertain, although it may redeem you; and, as in Ovid, characters who seem stable change into other forms-birds, perhaps. Sometimes Valentine channels Robert Frost, sometimes old ballads, sometimes the Surrealists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Valentine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oliver Arts and Open Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.23d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780982987865\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oliver Arts and Open Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40672978337907,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_cf7c5f04-7584-493d-9352-c5ece2540e48.jpg?v=1674138340","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/a-crows-dream-9780982987865","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}