false <![CDATA[The Love Song of Monkey]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256079507m/3416565.jpg 3416565 1 <p>"An hilarious, dark, brittle take on post-modern medicine, love triangles, the dense emptiness of contemporary life, and the power of contemplative self-discovery. Part magic realism, part science fiction, part theater of the absurd, and part over-the-top, unrepentant spoof, this novel packs more into its few short pages than do most epic trilogies. Graziano has fabricated the rare kind of tale that the reader can honestly say ends much too quickly. Perfectly woven, self-enclosed, multifaceted . . . Kosinski's <i>Being There </i>sprinkled with a strong dose of <i>Frankenstein</i> . . . the kind of simplicity that speaks volumes."-Michael Mirolla, author of <i>The Formal Logic of Emotion</i></p><p>"An amalgam of fairy tale, satire, science fiction, medical thriller, and soap opera. . . . It is difficult to fathom that a novel so brief can be so epic in scope. Inventive and deftly crafted, <i>The Love Song of Monkey</i> is a tale no reader will soon forget."-Eric Linder, Yellow Umbrella Books, Chatham, Massachusetts</p><p>In a surreal exile on the floor of the Atlantic, a young man faces his own death and his wife's infidelity. <i>The Love Song of Monkey</i> is a meditation on the simple, inexplicable, and lasting power of love, cast in the metaphor of a journey to the depths of the ocean floor. Precise and beautifully crafted, this modern fable is rich with humor and deep thought.</p><p><b>Michael S. A. Graziano</b>, professor of neuroscience at Princeton University, is the author of the novella <i>Hiding Places</i> (<i>New England Review</i>), <i>The Seclusion Zone</i> (2007 fi nalist in the William FaulknerWilliam Wisdom Creative Writing Competition), and <i>The Intelligent Movement Machine</i> (2008, Oxford University Press).</p> 3456908 1 11 2008 The Love Song of Monkey total:22|5:5|4:7|3:8|2:1|1:1| 22 80 57 13 5 2 false false Thu Nov 06 04:29:54 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 04:30:48 -0800 2008
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THE LOVE SONG OF MONKEY is a brief novel that is likely to be around for a long time, if word of mouth from those who have had the pleasure of reading it encourages a potentially wide audience to join the bandwagon. Author Michael S.A. Graziano happens to be a professor...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 29 16:43:41 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 16:45:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 13:31:03 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 14:04:06 -0800 2008 Love Song of Monkey is a darkly comic yet irrepressibly hopeful story.

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