{"product_id":"i-lobster-a-crustacean-odyssey","title":"I, Lobster: A Crustacean Odyssey","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eI, Lobster: A Crustacean Odyssey\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eNancy Frazier\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781584659624\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity of New Hampshire Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2012\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e268\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eConsider the lobster. An improbable icon, Mesozoic revenant, surrealist fetish, nightmare ornament, and gastronomic adventure, it has fascinated people throughout history. It may be an exaggeration to say that lobsters are a cultural obsession--but only slightly. \u003ci\u003eI, Lobster\u003c\/i\u003e dissects the place of the lobster in human affairs, through history, science, myth, art, literature, music, movies, and, of course, cuisine. Though not generally beautiful to human eyes, lobsters star in some of the most gorgeous works of art in the world, the still-lifes painted in the Low Countries during the seventeenth century. And while many of us would question their sex appeal, lobsters carried an erotic charge for artists of the twentieth century who, inspired by Freud, found many opportunities to think of them in that way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNancy Frazier explores diverse facets of our fascination with the lobster, whether in art, myth, or science. She describes how the lobster lives in its natural surroundings: its food, sex life, social life, predators, and general behavior. But \u003ci\u003eI, Lobster\u003c\/i\u003e goes beyond what we think about and do to the lobster, to explore how lobsters speak to us as signs, symbols, metaphors, code words, myth, lore, and fantasy. With recipes drawn from such notable lobster connoisseurs as M. F. K. Fisher, Alice B. Toklas, and Craig Claiborne, \u003ci\u003e I, Lobster\u003c\/i\u003e is a quirky, charming, and weirdly fascinating compendium of lobster lore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"University of New Hampshire Press","offers":[{"title":"I, Lobster: A Crustacean Odyssey | Nancy Frazier | Hardcover | 9781584659624 | Used: Like New | Nature 1764923","offer_id":50731604672770,"sku":"1764923","price":31.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81eYJIQaIYL.jpg?v=1791908332","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/i-lobster-a-crustacean-odyssey","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}