{"product_id":"bebuquin-carl-einstein-9789492027122","title":"Bebuquin: Or the Dilettantes of the Miracle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I am a mirror, a motionless puddle glittering with reflected gaslight. But has a mirror ever mirrored itself?'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBebuquin\u003c\/em\u003e is the first and only novel of Carl Einstein, arguably the most influential art critic of the early-twentieth century. An anarchist, street fighter and European intellectual of astonishing range, Einstein was hailed as the 'prophet of the avant-garde'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel charts the young Giorgio Bebuquin's hallucinatory journey through the Museum of Cheap Thrills in search of a way to smash the boundaries of logic and causality. Exploding all narrative conventions \u003cem\u003eBebuquin\u003c\/em\u003e is an experimental tour de force, indispensable to understanding the development of literary Expressionism, Dada and Surrealism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated into English by Patrick Healy, the present edition also features an introduction, a chronology of Einstein's life and the original German text, first published in 1912.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Einstein had it, he really was at the top.' Gottfried Benn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carl Einstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9492027127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789492027122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e November Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Carl Einstein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941355946239,"sku":"9789492027122","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_faa91d76-590d-4b96-abc0-41b1de190845.jpg?v=1681452441","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bebuquin-carl-einstein-9789492027122","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}