{"product_id":"9781931243391","title":"La Divina Caricatura: A Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eRelated to his successful plays \u003ci\u003eEcco Porco, The Shaggy Dog Animation, Prelude\u003c\/i\u003e , and \u003ci\u003eEpidog\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eLa Divina Caricatura \u003c\/i\u003e is the first two parts of a trilogy of fiction that Breuer describes as \"a loose sendup of Dante, with an Inferno, a Purgatorio, and a Paradisio. But instead of being sequential, they are intercut. And the main characters each have his own realm—the dog is in hell, the pig is in purgatory, and the ant (who will figure in part 3) . . . is in heaven.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e described \u003ci\u003eLa Divina Caricatura \u003c\/i\u003e is \"a comic spectacle . . . an acid-trip collage of philosophy, mythology, corny jokes, and lyric poetry.\" But the chaotic structure of the work definitely creates an energy that is at once hilariously funny and, if not tragic, animated by the pathos of living at the beginning of a century which at times appears heading toward terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eLee Breuer \u003c\/b\u003e is the co-founder and co-artistic director of Mabou Mines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Green Integer Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061019328752,"sku":"9781931243391","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781931243391_p0.jpg?v=1763638017","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781931243391","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}