{"product_id":"9780999446201","title":"The Gymnasium: Exercises in Literary Taxidermy","description":"A Hellenistic god who can't escape his past.\u003cbr\u003eA rock band whose music is so bad it paralyzes from the waist down.\u003cbr\u003eA black-market vegetable genetically-modified for self-abuse. \u003cp\u003eThese are just a few of the stories of melancholy and wonder inside THE GYMNASIUM, an exercise in \"literary taxidermy\" by the author of FLOAT THE POOCH. By \"re-stuffing\" what goes in-between the opening and closing lines of classic works by Milan Kundera, Philip K. Dick, Thomas Wolfe, Ian Fleming, and others, Mark Malamud has assembled nineteen new and wholly-original fictions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"THE GYMNASIUM demonstrates re-sampling isn't just for music.\" - re\/ART\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"At turns funny, sad, serious, and surreal - none of these stories will let you down.\" - Robert Kramer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A roller-coaster of styles and voices, all anchored to the simple but powerful idea of re-imagining someone else's words as your own.\" - Storybook\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Regulus Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50230642737392,"sku":"9780999446201","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780999446201","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}