{"product_id":"9781662601828","title":"Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus Is Alive!","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Powerful short fiction that lingers.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lozada-Oliva shines in this scintillating collection . . . Readers will be enthralled.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Melissa Lozada-Oliva writes with a perfect blend of intoxicating magic and unflinching humor, illuminating the visceral tensions of yearning and darkness that define our most human moments. A beautiful, sharp-tongued collection that feels like an instant classic with an edge all its own.\"—Chelsea Bieker, author of \u003ci\u003eMadwoman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGodshot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eDreaming of You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCandelaria \u003c\/i\u003ecomes an ethereal and revelatory short story collection about faith, delusion, and the demons that can't get enough of us.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beheaded body interrupts a quinceañera. An obsession with her father’s bizarre video game shifts a lonely girl’s reality. A sentient tail sprouts from a hospital worker’s backside, throwing her romantic life into peril. And in the novella “Community Hole,” a recently cancelled musician flees New York and finds herself in a haunted punk house in Boston.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection, at once playful, grisly, and tender, presents a tapestry of women ailing for something to believe in – even if it hurts them. Using body horror, fabulism, and humor, Melissa Lozada-Oliva mines the pain and uncanniness of the modern world. Reveling in the fine line between disgust and desire, \u003ci\u003eBeyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus is Alive!\u003c\/i\u003e is for the sinner in us all.","brand":"Melissa Lozada-Oliva","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":46992854024404,"sku":"9781662601828","price":36.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_158fbb15-6a11-489b-9590-bd2f928cac58.jpg?v=1759440015","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781662601828","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}