{"product_id":"the-ephemerata-shaping-the-exquisite-nature-of-grief-hardcover","title":"The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief - Hardcover","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\u003eCarol Tyler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring collisions between life and death, estrangement and loss, Carol Tyler turned to her pen to face facts and extract meaning from the oddly sacred experience. Exploring realms metaphorical, half-imagined, and all-too-real, she explored previously uncharted emotional territory for herself and others, in a work that is both painfully intimate and philosophically rich.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn artistic advancement nearly forty years into Tyler's comics-making career, \u003cem\u003eThe Ephemerata\u003c\/em\u003e features Tyler's most breathtaking picture making ever -- fine, dense brush lines complemented with occasional color washes or highlights -- and formally stunning cartooning. Combining art and text in multiple ways -- in the traditional comics panel grid, as words-and-illustration, as organically flowing images surrounded by floating text -- she depicts the inner monologue of a fallible human being grappling with questions of profound relevance. Tyler's memoirist skills also rise to the fore, excavating and colliding scenes from her history, delineating with sensitive intuition ways in which the inevitability of grief is built into our lives and our loves. To struggle in the face of loss is a universal experience. To turn it into this compassionate, deep and beautiful book takes a true artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.03 x 12.09 x 9.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53337039470957,"sku":"9798875001437","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/TUpxvBqMur9798875001437.webp?v=1778922903","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ephemerata-shaping-the-exquisite-nature-of-grief-hardcover","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}