{"product_id":"9781917260329","title":"Animal Spiral","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe post-colonial birth, life, and death of the collective consciousness known as the Animal.   Middle-aged streamer twins in Bayam�n, Puerto Rico, are the first human beings to successfully connect-sharing their consciousness across 34 translucent cables. In that moment, the Animal is born, an intracerebral force that quickly grows to encompass anthills of synaptically entwined bodies, a floating library kitchen redolent of rice and beans far above the Mississippi river, and a transhuman compound in a future Cuba on the Isle of Youth.�Circling back and forth and ever progressing, Animal Spiral moves through 400 years of human, and then post-human history, beginning with a revolution on the streets of San Juan and ending with five brilliant siblings: the Squash (humanoid), Calima (beetles), Yemay� (eels), Coatlicue (serpents), and Jurac�n (anthropomorphic birds), who have millions of bodies and all the world's intelligence, but only want to no longer be alone. This is a buoyant, joyous ode to possibility, a warning about the dangers of neglecting what makes us human, and an astonishing exercise of the flexibility and capacity of liminal spaces. Loneliness is a collective disease! We defend our right to madness!�Brave are not the ones who resist; brave are the ones who let go!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookmonger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":59925737734478,"sku":"9781917260329","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/5795\/6174\/files\/9781917260329_af6d2297-9702-47e9-a5f8-b909b7b39ff6.jpg?v=1781888715","url":"https:\/\/thebookmongerbearsden.co.uk\/products\/9781917260329","provider":"The Bookmonger","version":"1.0","type":"link"}