{"product_id":"the-fifth-wound-by-aurora-mattia","title":"The Fifth Wound by Aurora Mattia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNAMED A MUST READ BOOK OF 2023 BY\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNYLON\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBOOKRIOT,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eVULTURE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE MILLIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMS. MAGAZINE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eA baroque work of intimate myth exploring one woman’s interdimensional search for beauty and embodiment, through kaleidoscopic renderings of hospital corridors, brutal breakups, and passionate romance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Fifth Wound\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a phantasmagorical roman à clef about passion as a way of life. In one dimension, this is a love story—Aurora \u0026amp; Ezekiel—a separation and a reunion. In another, we witness a tale of multiple traumatic encounters with transphobic violence. And on yet another plane, a story of ecstatic visionary experience swirls, shatters, and sparkles. Featuring time travel, medieval nuns, knifings, and t4t romance, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Fifth Wound\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e indulges the blur between fantasy and reality. Its winding sentences open like portals, inviting the reader into the intimacy of embodiment—both its pain and its pleasures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormer library trade paperback in good condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mt Lebanon Book Cellar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44176788226228,"sku":"F - PB - MTL - SPB","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0504\/7097\/7716\/files\/91ilPTt-mtL._SY522.jpg?v=1775675964","url":"https:\/\/mt-lebanon-book-cellar.myshopify.com\/products\/the-fifth-wound-by-aurora-mattia","provider":"Mt Lebanon Book Cellar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}