{"product_id":"brief-alexandra-chasin-9781937543242","title":"Brief","description":"In a funny, angry, hyper-articulate monologue, an art vandal makes a passionate plea to a judge: you, the reader. The vandal has been charged with defacing a masterpiece of modern art, and asks you to consider the following argument: Maybe the way we turn out is less the fault of our parents and more the effect of larger cultural and historical influences - maybe history is the real culprit. Rich with references to the high art, mass culture, political ideologies, and military maneuvers of the post-war era, from the Cold War to the introduction of television, Brief chronicles the formation of an art vandal, until the story explodes in an enactment of temporary insanity.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The book seems to be awake and refuses to stop mutating. All in all, it's a high-level act, and one that bears multiple readings almost immediately.\" - Blake Butler, \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Chasin's fiction is playful and hilarious and at the same time dense and challenging.\" - Robert Lopez, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Chasin's book unwrites definitions, and that's its real power. So don't allow me to define it for you; better that you pick up your own copy and read for yourself its 178-page mesmerizing brief without the safety of knowing what you should think about it.\" - Jacob Paul, \u003ci\u003e Fiction Writers Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexandra Chasin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1937543242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781937543242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jaded Ibis Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.45d","brand":"Alexandra Chasin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930905100543,"sku":"9781937543242","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d9f6635-0f1d-42bd-b374-c612baf2c55f.jpg?v=1766345090","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brief-alexandra-chasin-9781937543242","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}