{"product_id":"match-paperback","title":"Match - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelen Guri\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Brand has given up on real women. Relationships just haven't ever worked out well for him. He has, however, found a (somewhat problematic) solution, a new feminine ideal: the 110-pound sex doll he ordered over the internet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShowing an uncanny access to the voice of the rejected, unimpressive, emotionally challenged modern male, Helen Guri's debut collection explores Robert's transition from lost and lonely to loved, if only by the increasingly acrobatic voices in his mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatch\u003c\/i\u003e's touching, whip-smart poems chart the limits of the mind\/body relationship in decidedly virtual times. Does our hero's lovesick, wry, self-searching and often self-annihilating gaze signal some catastrophic aversion to depth or a feverish (if unsettling) reassertion of the romantic impulse? Can anything good really happen when the object of one's affection is, literally, an object? And if she looks like a human being, can you ever know for sure she isn't one? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEqual parts love story, social parody and radiant display of lyrical gymnastics, \u003ci\u003eMatch\u003c\/i\u003e announces the arrival of a daring, forthright and stubbornly original new talent.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelen Guri graduated from the University of Toronto's Creative Writing program, and has taught writing at Humber College. Her work has appeared in many Canadian journals, including \u003ci\u003eArc, Descant, Event, Fiddlehead\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGrain\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMatch\u003c\/i\u003e is her first collection. She lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53477462278451,"sku":"9781552452431","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/2OHeFZ3NPG9781552452431.webp?v=1781610483","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/match-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}