The Funeral Singer

CUSTOMIZED BOX

Available for gifting. Each US order comes in a tailored Janus Point Press customized box which is "100% compostable or curbside recyclable and 100% FSC Certified". Box and tissue paper have an optional light scent of frankincense and myrrh for story experience. Handwritten note included. Inquire about multiple orders and corporate gifts.

CRAFT & PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE

The book measures approximately 4X6 inches with a black sturdy softcover, and silver foil stamping of a bird cage with a shadowed bird trapped behind its bars. Title and author name also foil stamped in silver on spine. Thirty-seven ash-gray pages of story nestled between translucent pearl paper. Epigraph, About The Author and Colophon pages. The book is tucked inside a book sleeve (a delicate small clutch) made from a lapis lazuli silk blend fabric by Narciso Rodriguez and pearl button, all sewn with doctorly love by Cyrus Amir Boquín. The details of the sleeve are part of the reading experience as is the optional-scented packaging of frankincense and myrrh. Touch and scent accompany the reader's sensory journey. A curated reading and arts list is included, introducing works (not affiliated with Janus Point Press) that provide historical and cultural background featured in The Funeral Singer. This includes related poetry, prose, music, artwork and film, with themes of: Smyrna, funeral singers, Rembetiko, female Greek resistance fighters during WWII and the subsequent civil war, death rituals of Greece. Each order is ceremoniously prepared. Printed local in Poughkeepsie New York. Cover & design by Seth Christian Martel.

Published September 13th, 2022, NYC.

ISBN 978-1-958077-00-9