{"title":"Rob Hardin","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"distorture-paperback","title":"Distorture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is the end of the century again: the stories in \u003ci\u003eDistorture\u003c\/i\u003e are elegiac, exquisite panels written in memory of certain decayed angels. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman is buried by a musician who has sworn to protect her. A narcoleptic is found, still dreaming, with cryptic symbols engraved into her back. In an elegant loft, a silver-haired man studies the torso of a comatose surfer, and the bodies of the two men are transformed into an intricate work of art. These are only a few of the tortous stories of Rob Hardin, a veteran studio musician and stylist whose work has been called \"impeccable\" by Dennis Cooper. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDistorture\u003c\/i\u003e is a fiercely modern book full of jeweled descriptions of violent eroticism. In \u003ci\u003eDistorture, \u003c\/i\u003e his first book of stories, Rob Hardin subverts nineteenth century romanticism and redefines the aesthetics of excess. \u003ci\u003eDistorture\u003c\/i\u003e splices the digital and the autumnal with the drive of the dark ambient music and the elegance of a late Liszt Sonata.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67772201566431,"sku":"9781573660488","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/u9qzgC42mg9781573660488.webp?v=1790679135"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/rob-hardin.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}