{"product_id":"the-pleasure-you-suffer-9780986092268","title":"The Pleasure You Suffer","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSaudade reportedly has no direct English translation; it's a Portuguese word describing the nostalgic longing for something that may never return, or may not exist. This feeling can be strangely comforting; author Manuel de Mello calls it A pleasure you suffer, an ailment you enjoy. It permeates the music of Brazil, another nation steeped in slavery and sadness and the hope for a better life. Yet this heartsick yearning's actually very familiar to those of us born and raised in North America; we often call it the blues. This saudade-themed anthology explores this fascinating emotional territory in exciting poems and stories from a range of new and up-and-coming authorspieces that linger after the last page is turned.","brand":"Tortoise Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359299010903,"sku":"9780986092268","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780986092268.jpg?v=1754124253","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-pleasure-you-suffer-9780986092268","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}