{"product_id":"2940046597691","title":"The Refusal of Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Refusal of Silence (Erogements – book 2) is a novel in three parts.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a triptych of the same soul as seen in three of its incarnations.\u003cbr\u003eEach portrait was written using different literary methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the first portrait, 'Riptiles and Viverids', the author traveled to and lived in the country in which the story is set to better understand the people and their history.\u003cbr\u003eAn American Third World War draft dodger shelters in Vietnam and recalls his past lives as a soldier in both the Vietnam\/American War and WW1.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the second portrait, 'Pendleberry's Think-Cake' the author kept a dream diary over a period of 6 months, which he used to form the entirety of the story. You could say the story was 'written in his sleep'.\u003cbr\u003eAn underground faction take an aggressive, anti-government stance, despite the government being the most successful, fair and peaceful government in their history. The second incarnation of our protagonist, Pendleberry, is an artist member of the faction who fears he is being manipulated by some unknown malevolent force. He wishes to discover the origin of the messages he is inadvertently transmitting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the third and final portrait, 'The Refusal of Silence' the author, sequestered in his small apartment for a further 6 months, attempted to emulate the agoraphobic character of this particular incarnation.\u003cbr\u003eThese are letters written by the third incarnation; a man whose wife has gone missing on an exploratory space mission. He locks himself in his apartment in order to mirror her living conditions, and despite not knowing if she is receiving his messages or not he continues sending them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael.J. Rowland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181926629616,"sku":"2940046597691","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046597691_p0.jpg?v=1763702969","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046597691","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}