{"product_id":"babels-balloons-and-innocent-eyes-charles-morice-9781943813834","title":"Babels, Balloons and Innocent Eyes","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharles Morice (1860-1919), a Symbolist writer and art critic who was an early champion of people such as Paul Verlaine, Rodin, Pablo Picasso and Paul Gauguin, produced during his lifetime a great deal of literature, but only a single volume of short prose pieces, \u003cem\u003eQuincaille\u003c\/em\u003e, from which the stories and prose-poems in this current volume are taken, translated into English by Brian Stableford for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorice's prose poems and short stories frequently blend the lachrymose and the cynical in a distinctive alloy, shaped by his particular Symbolist method and Decadent style, which bring many of his confessional pieces close to a surreal stream-of-consciousness that was somewhat ahead of its time, but his works span a broad and rich spectrum, illustrated by the selections translated herein.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Morice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1943813833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781943813834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Snuggly Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37d","brand":"Charles Morice","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44410784088319,"sku":"9781943813834","price":15.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1484994-2283-453a-93fa-1fcb9bf8cf4d.jpg?v=1697537724","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/babels-balloons-and-innocent-eyes-charles-morice-9781943813834","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}