{"product_id":"9780544814578","title":"The Sick Bag Song","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe legendary indie rock star offers a genre-bending \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003echronicle of his 2014 American tour with the Bad Seeds that's part memoir, part epic poem. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sick Bag Song\u003c\/i\u003e began when Nick Cave was struck with inspiration during a flight between tour stops and reached for an airplane sick bag to scribble it down. This improvised diary soon grew into a restless full-length contemporary odyssey. Spurred by encounters with modern-day North America, beset by longing and exhaustion, Cave teases out the significant moments, the people, the books, and the music that have influenced him over the years.\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing inspiration from Leonard Cohen, John Berryman, Patti Smith, Sharon Olds, folk ballads and ancient texts, \u003ci\u003eThe Sick Bag Song\u003c\/i\u003e takes the form of a quest, turning over questions of creativity, loss, death, and romance. It is also the perfect companion piece to the Sundance award-winning feature documentary \u003ci\u003e20,000 Days on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46513446617329,"sku":"9780544814578","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780544814578_p0.jpg?v=1767106079","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780544814578","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}