The Rich Shapero Store

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Beneath Caaqi’s Wings

Novel

Feud with teenage tribes in the ancient jungle inside us all.

A daring, deftly-told parable of romance and savagery that asks what adolescents, left to their own devices, are capable of doing—and undoing. Brutal, provocative, and timeless.” —Elizabeth Sagan @elizabeth_sagan

  • Hardcover

    $26.95
  • Personalized Hardcover

    $126.95
    Rich will sign this hardcover and add a personalized note. We will send $100 to the International Crane Foundation on your behalf.
Book cover for Dreams of Delphine

Dreams of Delphine

Novel

Fathom the uncanny wisdom and power of dream space.

“Shapero’s rich, lyrical prose is the novel’s standout feature . . . his sentences ripple and whirl like the currents of the ocean.” —Kirkus Reviews

  • Hardcover

    $26.95
  • Personalized Hardcover

    $126.95
    Rich will sign this hardcover and add a personalized note. We will send $100 to the International Crane Foundation on your behalf.
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The Slide That Buried Rightful

Novel

Wake to a new understanding of earthly, and unearthly, justice.

“A desperate search for survivors in the wake of an unfathomable tragedy skillfully frames this fast-paced, emotionally resonant tale featuring fine characterization.” —Kirkus Reviews

  • Hardcover

    $26.95
  • Personalized Hardcover

    $126.95
    Rich will sign this hardcover and add a personalized note. We will send $100 to the International Crane Foundation on your behalf.
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Dissolve

Novel

Dare to accompany a man with unusual beliefs in his rapturous transition between life and death.

“Original ideas, strong prose, timelessness and universality . . . Dissolve offers a unique imagining of what might happen to the human soul after it’s left the body.” —Kirkus Reviews

  • Hardcover

    $26.95
  • Personalized Hardcover

    $126.95
    Rich will sign this hardcover and add a personalized note. We will send $100 to the International Crane Foundation on your behalf.
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Island Fruit Remedy

Novel

Surrender to an outrageous tropical burlesque about the creative act of finding and keeping love.

“Original and thought-provoking. It will leave you in awe.” —Elizabeth Sagan @elizabeth_sagan

  • Hardcover

    $26.95
  • Personalized Hardcover

    $126.95
    Rich will sign this hardcover and add a personalized note. We will send $100 to the International Crane Foundation on your behalf.
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Balcony of Fog

Novel

Cast off into the clouds to experience the conflict between the power of love and the love of power.

“Powerful and complex.” Library Journal

  • Hardcover

    $26.95
  • Personalized Hardcover

    $126.95
    Rich will sign this hardcover and add a personalized note. We will send $100 to the International Crane Foundation on your behalf.
Book cover for Balcony of Fog flipback book

Balcony of Fog

Novel as Flipback Book

Now available as a flipback book. Sporting a compact landscape design with ultra-thin paper, it’s easy to hold in one hand and small enough to slip into your pocket.

  • Flipback Book

    $11.95
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Rin, Tongue and Dorner

Novel

Take a fiery, hyper-metaphorical ride into the red-hot depths of buried passion and the combustible inner workings of human desire.

“Shapero displays an impressive command of the unconscious.” Kirkus Reviews

  • Hardcover

    $26.95
  • Personalized Hardcover

    $126.95
    Rich will sign this hardcover and add a personalized note. We will send $100 to the International Crane Foundation on your behalf.
Book cover for Arms from the Sea

Arms from the Sea

Novel

Plunge into an oceanic “heaven” and let a perverse, tentacled god challenge your trust as he guides you toward the redemption of a desolate world.

“Arms from the Sea is a tangible encounter with the creative spirit.” —Moses Hacmon

  • Hardcover

    $26.95
  • Personalized Hardcover

    $126.95
    Rich will sign this hardcover and add a personalized note. We will send $100 to the International Crane Foundation on your behalf.
Book cover for Arms from the Sea flipback book

Arms from the Sea

Novel as Flipback Book

Now available as a flipback book. Sporting a compact landscape design with ultra-thin paper, it’s easy to hold in one hand and small enough to slip into your pocket.

  • Flipback Book

    $11.95
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Arms from the Sea

Music

Arms from the Sea: The Music features songs by Orenda Fink, with lyrics by Rich Shapero, that evoke a watery alternate world.

  • CD

    $14.95
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Arms from the Sea

Collector’s Set

Arms from the Sea: The Music combines Rich Shapero’s outrageous novel with music by Orenda Fink and the Visionary Art of Eugene Von Brunchenhein. The collector’s set includes the novel in hardcover and the full-length music CD.

  • Collector’s Set (Book and CD)

    $34.95
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The Hope We Seek

Novel

Dare to descend with a mercurial goddess into the depths of an allegorical gold mine to unearth the redemptive power of passion and belief.

“Shapero is a spellbinding storyteller.” —Howard Frank Mosher

  • Hardcover

    $26.95
  • Personalized Hardcover

    $126.95
    Rich will sign this hardcover and add a personalized note. We will send $100 to the International Crane Foundation on your behalf.
CD cover for Songs from the Big Wheel

Songs from the Big Wheel

Music

Songs from the Big Wheel, the music of The Hope We Seek, features Marissa Nadler singing alluring songs of the goddess Hope.

  • CD

    $14.95
Book and CD covers for Arms from the Sea

The Hope We Seek

Collector’s Set

The Hope We Seek fuses Rich Shapero’s provocative novel with hypnotic, original music—featuring the vocals of Marissa Nadler—and the Visionary art of Donald Pass. The collector’s set includes the novel in softcover and the full-length music CD, Songs from the Big Wheel.

“A Delirious Fusion of Fiction, Music and Art.” —The Village Voice

  • Collector’s Set (Book and CD)

    $34.95
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Too Far

Novel

Explore a mystical northern forest and discover the promise and cruelty of what it means to grow up.

“Full of mystical and imaginative insight.” —Donald Pass

  • Hardcover

    $26.95
  • Personalized Hardcover

    $126.95
    Rich will sign this hardcover and add a personalized note. We will send $100 to the International Crane Foundation on your behalf.
CD cover for Dawn Remembers

Dawn Remembers

Music

Dawn Remembers, the music of Too Far, features Maria Taylor (Azure Ray) singing Dawn’s recollections of Robbie and Fristeen’s exploration and discoveries.

  • CD

    $14.95
Book and CD covers for Too Far

Too Far

Collector’s Set

Rich Shapero’s Too Far combines his enchanting novel with original music and stunning visual art.

“Shapero displays an impressive command of the unconscious.” —Kirkus Reviews

  • Collector’s Set (Book and CD)

    $34.95
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Wild Animus: 50 Years Later

Novel

Leap into a wild visionary landscape where a meeting with a seismic god augurs a bliss beyond fear.

This edition celebrates the 50th anniversary of the inception of Wild Animus.

“With prose of a visionary intensity, Shapero paints a dark and complex canvas of Visionary Art storytelling. He is a shaman of the written word.” —Henry Boxer of Henry Boxer Gallery, London

  • Hardcover

    $26.95
  • Personalized Hardcover

    $126.95
    Rich will sign this hardcover and add a personalized note. We will send $100 to the International Crane Foundation on your behalf.
CD covers for Wild Animus Parts 1-3

Wild Animus

Music

Music that expresses the emotional core of Wild Animus.

  • CD1, Part One: The Ram

    $14.95
  • CD2, Part Two: The Wolves

    $14.95
  • CD3, Part Three: Animus

    $14.95
Book and CD covers for Wild Animus

Wild Animus

Collector’s Set

Rich Shapero’s Wild Animus combines his provocative novel in hardcover and three CDs: The Ram, The Wolves and Animus.

“Powerful and complex.” —Library Journal

  • Collector’s Set (Book and CD)

    $49.95
CD covers for Wild Animus audio book

Wild Animus

Audio Book

Rich Shapero’s Wild Animus is read by actor Peter Coyote.

  • CD

    $14.95