{"product_id":"messiahs","title":"Messiahs","description":"A fiercely ecstatic tale of betrayal and self-sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMessiahs\u003c\/i\u003e centers on two nameless lovers, a woman of east Asian descent and a former state prisoner, a black man who volunteered incarceration on behalf of his falsely convicted nephew, yet was “exonerated” after more than two years on death row. In this dystopian America, one can assume a relative’s capital sentence as an act of holy reform—“the proxy initiative,” patterned after the Passion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe lovers begin their affair by exchanging letters, and after his release, they withdraw to a remote cabin during a torrential winter, haunted by their respective past tragedies. Savagely ostracized by her family for years, the woman is asked by her mother to take the proxy initiative for her brother—creating a conflict she cannot bear to share with her lover. Comprised of ten poetic paragraphs, \u003ci\u003eMessiahs’\u003c\/i\u003e rigorous style and sustained intensity equals agony and ecstasy.","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39696130867283,"sku":"","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781573661904_0bb092ff-1dee-4919-a11c-222f54a4aa88.jpg?v=1777973417","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/messiahs","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}