{"product_id":"the-night-parade-a-speculative-memoir-hardcover","title":"The Night Parade: A Speculative Memoir - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJami Nakamura Lin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Most Anticipated Book by \u003cem\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e- The Boston Globe - San Francisco Chronicle -\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e-\u003c\/em\u003e The Millions \u003cem\u003e- Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e- \u003c\/em\u003eBook Riot\u003cem\u003e - Debutiful\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e- \u003c\/em\u003eand many more!\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the groundbreaking tradition of \u003cem\u003eIn the Dream House\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Schizophrenias\u003c\/em\u003e, a gorgeously illustrated speculative memoir that draws upon the Japanese myth of the Hyakki Yagyo--the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons--to shift the cultural narrative around mental illness, grief, and remembrance.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Jami Nakamura Lin has reinvented the genre of memoir. . . . Serpentine, polyphonic, and stunningly textured, \u003cem\u003eThe Night Parade\u003c\/em\u003e positively pulses with life.\" -- Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Fact of a Body\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAre these the only two stories? The one, where you defeat your monster, and the other, where you succumb to it?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJami Nakamura Lin spent much of her life feeling monstrous for reasons outside of her control. As a young woman with undiagnosed bipolar disorder, much of her adolescence was marked by periods of extreme rage and an array of psychiatric treatments, and her relationships suffered as a result, especially as her father's cancer grasped hold of their family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she grew older and learned to better manage her episodes, Lin became frustrated with the familiar pattern she found in mental illness and grief narratives, and their focus on recovery. She sought comfort in the stories she'd loved as a child--tales of ghostly creatures known to terrify in the night. Through the lens of the yokai and other figures from Japanese, Taiwanese, and Okinawan legend, she set out to interrogate the very notion of recovery and the myriad ways fear of difference shapes who we are as a people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing stunning illustrations by her sister, Cori Nakamura Lin, and divided into the four acts of a traditional Japanese narrative structure, \u003cem\u003eThe Night Parade\u003c\/em\u003e is a genre-bending and deeply emotional memoir that mirrors the sensation of being caught between realms. Braiding her experience of mental illness, the death of her father, the grieving process, and other haunted topics with storytelling tradition, Jami Nakamura Lin shines a light into dark corners, driven by a question: \u003cem\u003eHow do we learn to live with the things that haunt us?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752384889120,"sku":"9780063213234","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cbc9de7e7da1b96c47383947db33a1d1.webp?v=1779994476","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-night-parade-a-speculative-memoir-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}