{"product_id":"the-past-is-a-grotesque-animal-hardcover-979887500132152999","title":"The Past is a Grotesque Animal (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rich collection\/scrapbook of over two dozen short stories, plus diary entries, photos, and other images fueled by a propensity to understand the way we relate to each other, and told with a visual and lyrical beauty — and raw emotion — that collectively reaffirms the power of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTommi Parrish is an Australian trans cartoonist and one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary comics and graphic novels. Balancing emotional honesty with a keen awareness of the human condition, Parrish navigates fear, loneliness, identity, body politics, queer desire, masculinity, and the ever-fluid nature of all human relationships. \u003cem\u003eThe Past is a Grotesque Animal\u003c\/em\u003e collects over two dozen short stories of varying lengths, interspersed with ephemera from Parrish’s own life: diary entries, photographs, illustrations, paintings, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParrish’s autobiographical elements inform their voice as a writer and the ways their characters constantly find one another adrift in their own seas of experience, current situations, trauma, and desire. How those characters coexist — how they are complicated by outside forces and internal ones — affects our hardwired need for meaningful connection. The book also showcases Parrish’s singular and assured visual style, blending clear lines, expressionistic character designs, and gorgeously complex, hand-painted color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull-color illustrations throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vault of Midnight","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104924483825,"sku":"979887500132152999","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/9865\/1469\/files\/979887500132152999.jpg?v=1776922704","url":"https:\/\/vaultofmidnight.shop\/products\/the-past-is-a-grotesque-animal-hardcover-979887500132152999","provider":"Vault of Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}