{"product_id":"a-separate-reality-paperback","title":"A Separate Reality - 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\u003eRobert Marshall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the early 1970s, \u003ci\u003eA Separate Reality\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Mark Grosfeld, a twelve-year-old growing up in Phoenix with politically active liberal Jewish parents. Mark, who is lonely and unhappy, meets Anna Voigt, a teacher who becomes his mentor. Anna, an ex-hippie poet, encourages Mark to write, and he becomes part of a circle of teenagers who meet at Anna's house to smoke pot and read poetry. She introduces him to the Beats, Zen Buddhism and the popular pseudo-anthropologist, Carlos Castaneda, author of \u003ci\u003eJourney to Ixtlan\u003c\/i\u003e. Mark goes on a semi-comic suburban vision quest, trying to conduct his life according to the teachings he uncovers in the books he finds through Anna - most significantly, Castaneda's. Mark soon discovers all these books share the belief that through a loss of \"self\" one can, somehow, transcend reality. \u003ci\u003eA Separate Reality\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about the risks and appeal of the desire to be perfect; a portrait of the artist as a young man in the Seventies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Marshall\u003c\/b\u003e, a writer and visual artist, lives in New York City. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eBlithe House Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e and in the anthologies \u003ci\u003eFresh Men 2, Afterwords\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eQueer 13\u003c\/i\u003e; and his artwork has been exhibited widely throughout the United States, Europe, and South America. He is the recipient of a 2005 New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 444\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.05 x 8.5 x 5.53 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43157118943295,"sku":"9780786717156","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/dHpVWWM1NzNtOHJ5anFLRnRFVUlvZz09.webp?v=1776978269","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/a-separate-reality-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}