{"product_id":"lost-in-the-labyrinth-9798232021092","title":"Lost in the Labyrinth","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Darryl Houston Smith\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Dyad House\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Dyad House\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Philosophy \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIS TEXT IS NOT DESIGNED as a linear biography, nor \u003cbr\u003eis it a simple collection of verse. It is a hybrid engine-a mecha-\u003cbr\u003enism constructed to navigate the liminal space between histori-\u003cbr\u003ecal fact and mythic resonance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe architecture of this work relies on a deliberate collision be-\u003cbr\u003ebetween narrative prose and hyper-metric poetry. The prose chap-\u003cbr\u003eters serve as the forensic framework, establishing the timeline, \u003cbr\u003ethe \"crime scene,\" and the sociological context of the 1960s \u003cbr\u003ecounterculture. They are the walls of the maze. The poems, how-\u003cbr\u003eever, function as the subconscious interruptions-the \"Chorus \u003cbr\u003e\" Of Dissent\" speaks to the internal, emotional reality of the \u003cbr\u003esubject. Where the biography explains what happened, the poet-\u003cbr\u003eHis attempts to articulate why it felt like a haunting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book represents the second movement in a larger metaphys-\u003cbr\u003eical journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe arc began in THE FRAUD OF ETERNITY, which estab-\u003cbr\u003epublished the existential compost-the raw, chaotic realization that \u003cbr\u003etime is a predator and legacy is a lie. In that collection, we ex-\u003cbr\u003eplored the internal fragmentation of the self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, in LOST IN THE LABYRINTH, we apply that lens to \u003cbr\u003ea specific external archetype: Jim Morrison. We use his rise, his \u003cbr\u003e\"Solar Equation\" and his eventual destruction as a case study \u003cbr\u003ein the failure of the Romantic ideal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is the Avatar of the Fraud, a man who tried to break through, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eonly to find the door was painted on a brick wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dyad House","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47568758767767,"sku":"9798232021092","price":1567.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798232021092.webp?v=1774870631","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/lost-in-the-labyrinth-9798232021092","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}