{"product_id":"parasite","title":"Parasite","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eParasite\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eFerenc Barnás\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780857427403\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSeagull Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2020\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eMarked by powerful and evocative prose, Ferenc Barnás's novel tells the fascinating story of a young man's journey through his strange obsessions towards possible recovery. The unnamed narrator is the parasite, feeding off others' ailments, but he is also a host who attracts people with the most peculiar manias. He confesses, almost amiably, his decadent attraction as a young adolescent to illnesses and hospitals. The real descent into his private, hallucinatory hell begins after his first sexual encounter; he becomes a compulsive masturbator, and then a compulsive fornicator. But to his horror, he realizes that casual sex is not casual at all for him--each one-night stand results in insane jealousy: he imagines previous lovers hovering over him every time he makes love to a woman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When he gets to know a woman referred to as L., he thinks his demons may have finally subsided. But when he hears of her past, the jealousy returns. He seeks relief through writing--by weaving an imagined tale of L.'s amorous adventures. What will he do with this strange manuscript, and can it bring him healing? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A breathtaking blend of Dostoevskian visions, episodes of madness, and intellectual fervor, all delivered in precise, lucid prose, \u003ci\u003eThe Parasite\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that one cannot escape. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Parasite | Ferenc Barnás | Hardcover | 9780857427403 | New | Fiction 1208708","offer_id":50550516646146,"sku":"1208708","price":29.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71rMS9XQ2sL.jpg?v=1790467646","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/parasite","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}