{"product_id":"communicating-vessels-andr-breton-9780803261358","title":"Communicating Vessels","description":"What Freud did for dreams, André Breton (1896-1966) does for despair: in its distortions he finds the marvelous, and through the marvelous the redemptive force of imagination. Originally published in 1932 in France, \u003ci\u003eLes Vases communicants\u003c\/i\u003e is an effort to show how the discoveries and techniques of surrealism could lead to recovery from despondency. This English translation makes available \"the theories upon which the whole edifice of surrealism, as Breton conceived it, is based.\" \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCommunicating Vessels\u003c\/i\u003e Breton lays out the problems of everyday experience and of intellect. His involvement with political thought and action led him to write about the relations between nations and individuals in a mode that moves from the quotidian to the lyrical. His dreams triggered a curious correspondence with Freud, available only in this book. As Caws writes, \"The whole history of surrealism is here, in these pages.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e André Breton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803261357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803261358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 3.94w x 0.42d","brand":"André Breton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992446304511,"sku":"9780803261358","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f147e48-1b08-46ad-b8e2-2de6316f2360.jpg?v=1683318997","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/communicating-vessels-andr-breton-9780803261358","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}