{"product_id":"the-book-of-destructions-paperback","title":"The Book of Destructions - Paperback","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\u003eMargarita Vélez Verbel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMaría del Castillo Sucerquia\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDouglas Cole\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Destructions\u003c\/em\u003e, Margarita Vélez Verbel dismantles the foundations of inherited power.\u003c\/strong\u003e The sacred is interrogated, the familial pedestal cracked open. Father and mother lose their mythic shine, and society emerges as a snarled, punishing knot where freedom and dignity are routinely sacrificed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing holds still here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Pain burns clean through memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e God mirrors the patriarchy that worships Him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \"destruction\" at the heart of this book is the deliberate breaking of the ancient rules meant to keep women obedient, invisible, and domestic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid-the acclaimed king who felled Goliath-appears instead in his full grotesquerie: a predatory man who cloaked violence against girls in divine approval. John the Baptist-self-appointed moral sentinel-hurls \"whore\" at Salome's mother while ignoring the rot within his own tradition. And in a satisfying reversal, the prophet who despised women is finally undone by a woman's whim, a poetic justice rendered with the sharp edge this book wields so well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVélez Verbel's work is not an act of destruction for its own sake-it is a necessary breaking, a blaze set to the myths that have ruled women's bodies and lives for millennia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53329657954611,"sku":"9781963115895","price":28.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/LRBcygPQYT9781963115895.webp?v=1778171684","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-book-of-destructions-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}