{"product_id":"9781956046311","title":"A Terrifying Brush With Optimism","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection of new and selected works from Lambda Literary Award and Asian-American Literary Award winner Brian Leung.In a cultural moment where folks are stripped of the their dignity or shed it willingly, the figures in this book wonder at the utility of maintaining their own. There's a touch of Hamlet's question in there along with some I Ching. Can monkeys pray? Are we better off living in the real world or a speculative one?Through an essay, a novella, and short and flash fiction pieces, A Terrifying Brush with Optimism is at once leaping, thoughtful, diverse, comic, and brooding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarabande Books","offers":[{"title":"Brian \/ Leung","offer_id":55645216244085,"sku":"9781956046311","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781956046311_146cb56b-63dc-4673-aee1-4794cbcc892a.jpg?v=1752923430","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.live\/products\/9781956046311","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}