{"product_id":"dreamerika-alan-burns-9780714549071","title":"Dreamerika!: A Surrealist Fantasy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDreamerika \u003c\/i\u003e, Alan Burns's fourth novel, first published in 1972, provides a satirical look at the Kennedy political dynasty, serving up an idiosyncratic hotch-potch of history that gives an old tragedy new meaning. For this book, Burns collected newspaper clippings, headlines, cartoons and photographs, cut them up, filed them and then interspersed them throughout his text to create a collage of contrasting effects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePresented in a fragmented form that reflects society's disintegration, \u003ci\u003eDreamerika \u003c\/i\u003e fuses fact and dream, resulting in a surreal biography, an alternate history which lays bare the corruption and excesses of capitalism just as the heady idealism of the 1960s has begun to fade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Burns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 071454907X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780714549071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Calder Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Alan Burns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991085252863,"sku":"9780714549071","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eee644d3-ec38-42a8-9d01-3878d8649abf.jpg?v=1683308352","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dreamerika-alan-burns-9780714549071","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}