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The Pain You Seek

The Pain You Seek - Paperback

by Christopher Aquino
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Availability:In StockContributor:Christopher AquinoPublish date:10/1/2026Pages:336
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Fractured Compass PressISBN-13:9798996259007UPC:9798996259007Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Psychological, SpeculativeSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.39Product ID:SCRAVACJQD

Medea is alive. The mythological child-killer lives in modern New York City as an artist and cultural icon. Her past is undeniable to millions of devoted followers. They see a monster. They worship her anyway.

Claire Mitchell is a struggling journalist who wants to know why. Pursuing Medea's inner circle, she hopes to find the answer for an article that will rejuvenate her voice and save her career. Instead, she uncovers a secret buried so deeply that it threatens to destroy what Medea has built for centuries.

But Claire refuses to see what is visible to everyone around her. When she finally confronts Medea, the truth Claire demands from her may be less devastating than the truth Claire has been hiding from herself.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Fractured Compass PressISBN-13:9798996259007UPC:9798996259007Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Psychological, SpeculativeSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.39Product ID:SCRAVACJQD
Aquino, Christopher: - Christopher Aquino holds an MA in English from Northern Illinois University and taught high school English and AP Literature for 33 years. During that time, he routinely taught Robinson Jeffers's 1946 translation of Euripides' Medea. This work, along with his narrative poem The Double Axe, inspired Medea's voice and many of the themes throughout The Pain You Seek. Other texts during his career that were particularly significant range from short stories like Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Joyce Carol Oates's "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" to novels such as Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye. The Pain You Seek is his debut novel.
Publisher: Fractured Compass Press

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