{"product_id":"green-roses-bloom-for-icarus-paperback","title":"Green Roses Bloom for Icarus - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHiromi Yoshida\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout \u003cem\u003eGreen Roses Bloom for Icarus, \u003c\/em\u003e the mythic Icarus is the floating signifier of desire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat circulates among us, and whose meaning and value fluctuate arbitrarily. Thus, Icarus is the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esuperseded superstar, the haunting specter, and the symptom of our collective disease, like a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erandomly floating coronavirus particle. Icarus is also, a bad penny (or its flipside, corroded\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eobverse), a flipped bird, an obscene signifier-hermaphroditic diva, and graffiti scrawl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo extricate ourselves from the circuitry of desire that the fall of Icarus catalyzed, we celebrate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe green rose, the symbol of emerging art in James Joyce's \u003cem\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMan.\u003c\/em\u003e Celebration converts the green of copper corrosion, of self-corrupting envy, into the green\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof lyric seabloom and redemptive hope. Thus, Icarus plunges into the sea of green roses, only to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebe resurrected endlessly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.25 x 8.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752921268512,"sku":"9798990230941","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a760b94a175b8078e230341183f382f2.webp?v=1780007460","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/green-roses-bloom-for-icarus-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}