Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, when she falls in love.

Delirium's Muse - the mind's frightening yet fascinating ability to rationalise the irrational, to grant an escape from the ravages of reality into the more comforting cradle of delusion, where addiction is anthropomorphized, attacked, and defeated; where wellness is a product of will; where safety and sanity are but seeds to be sown in the fertile ground of fantasy Delirium's Muse is a collection of stories of flight, of fugitives of reason who set...

A suicide that looks like a suicide. Delirium in branch A suicide that looks like a suicide. Thus begins this last case, in which Proaza must track down a murderer who uses the art of acting to kill. The veteran Paco Garrido, with his field knowledge, and the forensic Luzón will accompany him in the search. Aurora Marín will try to find the key to the matter that has inspectors Barba and Utrero stuck, with the help of Frida, the Group's new deputy...

Award-winning writer and artist Jill Thompson returns to these kid-friendly versions of the characters from the bestselling SANDMAN series. Upset that her sister Despair is unhappy, Delirium throws her a party and invites her Endless siblings. Each sibling brings a gift that's unique to his/her/its realm in an effort to cheer up Despair. But what could possibly cheer up the anthropomorphic representation of hopelessness?

In the aftermath of the 2016 US elections, Brexit, and a global upsurge of nationalist populism, it is evident that the delirium and the crisis of neoliberal capitalism is now the delirium and crisis of liberal democracy and its culture. And though capitalist crisis does not begin within art, art can reflect and amplify its effects, to positive and negative ends. In this follow-up to his influential 2010 book, Dark Matter: Art and Politics in...

A sweeping epic novel infused with romance about an illustrious family that builds itself a fabulous vacation retreat on the French Riviera-a replica of an ancient Greek palace in which they seek to find perfection and beauty until being caught up in the tragedies of 20th century European history.

This book of stories was written more or less 40 years ago, then stuck in a drawer while I made a living to support my family. It is an autobiographical fiction, which is an oxymoron, yes, but nonetheless true. That is to say, everything in this book is based on my own experience, sometimes exaggerated, sometimes romanticized, even sometimes pure wishful thinking. It is also an historical document, an attempt to describe through impressionistic descriptions...

Many people say that in addition to pills, capsules, ointments, and suppositories, laughter is the best medicine. However, the solemn places that dispense medicaments are often bereft of lively humor. Instead, the field of retail pharmacy can be fraught with stress, drudgery, exhaustion, unreasonable patient demands, and few bathroom breaks. Nevertheless, and no matter the typical arduous days involved, small snippets of amusement tend to sneak in...

At some point you'll think, "These people are nuts," and you'll be right. You may find yourself suddenly glad for the little things in life, like sunlight (a big little thing) or above-zero temperatures (equally appreciable). What you might not know is that the lack of these things can drive a person nuts. Or, in this case, more nuts. That's the road five guys, have chosen as they spend an isolated winter together at the summit of the Greenland ice...

After falling in love, Lena and Alex flee their oppressive society where love is outlawed and everyone must receive "the cure"--an operation that makes them immune to the delirium of love--but Lena alone manages to find her way to a community of resistance fighters, and although she is bereft without the boy she loves, her struggles seem to be leading her toward a new love.