{"product_id":"life-is-with-people","title":"Life Is with People","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of Preparation for the Next Life comes a brand new edition of \u003ci\u003eLife Is with People\u003c\/i\u003e, Atticus Lish’s first book of 131 illustrations (including 9 brand new ones). The first edition was a limited run of 500 copies. The captioned illustrations within have been described as beautiful, disturbing, hilarious, and terrifying. An interesting companion to Lish’s PEN\/Faulkner prize winning novel. Only a couple thousand of these were printed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A sketchbook drawn through a poetic gloryhole.” –\u003cstrong\u003eJ.A. Tyler\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This book of dark drawings opens \u003cspan\u003ewith\u003c\/span\u003e a handwritten remark from the writer: ‘My primary goal in producing this book \u003cspan\u003eis\u003c\/span\u003e to meet \u003cspan\u003epeople\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith\u003c\/span\u003e similar interests.’ It’s such a plaintive and sincere sentiment as to cast the inked portraits of starved women and genitals and violence of the subsequent pages, giving the book the feeling that it was scraped out of the gutter in front of the visitor's entrance of a maximum security prison.” –\u003cstrong\u003eAmelia Grey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The book \u003cspan\u003eis\u003c\/span\u003e sort of disturbing if you want to know the truth about it.” –\u003cstrong\u003eM Sarki\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“At first they pop out and seem to work on a totally visceral level, but then you find yourself going back to look at them again and again, searching for meaning.  I think that’s the sign of a great piece of art, and that’s what Lish has created.” –\u003cstrong\u003eJason Diamond\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Horrible things happen to \u003cspan\u003epeople\u003c\/span\u003e in Atticus Lish's drawings. Monstrous women lust after Tony Danza; serial killers spout ad copy; one-liners are acted out literally, \u003cspan\u003ewith\u003c\/span\u003e disastrous consequences. Yet, I couldn't keep from turning the school-notebook ruled pages of this book to find out what the guy on the next page was up to.” –\u003cstrong\u003eDmitry Samarov\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHack: Stories from a Chicago Cab\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Viewed within the context of a coming-of-age narrative, certain things take on a new significance: the constant state of menace that certain characters undergo throughout; the grotesque authority figures that populate the book; and even the somewhat irreverent take on Judaism” –\u003cstrong\u003eTobias Carroll\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew edition \u003cspan\u003ewith\u003c\/span\u003e brand new punk-flyer pink cover and \u003cstrong\u003e9 brand new illustrations\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atticus Lish","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":48101001592937,"sku":"iff1790034232705","price":8.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/8697\/8921\/files\/life-is-with-people_1.jpg?v=1790034237","url":"https:\/\/utensilholderfit.shop\/products\/life-is-with-people","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}