{"product_id":"fiction-of-andre-pieyre-de-david-j-bond-9780815622833","title":"The Fiction of André Pieyre de Mandiargues","description":"\u003cp\u003eNovelist, Poet, critic, and writer of short stories, Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues has won considerable praise in France for his highly imaginative work and exquisite poetic style. His 1967 novel \u003ci\u003eLa Marge \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Prix Goncourt. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing an introductory biographical chapter in this first full-length critical study of Mandiargues, David bond discusses Mandiargues's novels and a selection of short stories, finding recurring thematic patterns in his haunting and magical dream world. Bond maintains that the French writer uses fantasy, symbolic statement, and mythical and frankly erotic motifs to explore some of the oldest, most persistent human preoccupation-time, destiny, the beyond, salvation, love-themes that for him defy logical expression. Bond concludes with a discussion of Mandiargues's relationship to other contemporary writers and especially to the surrealists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBibliography, notes, and index are included, along with a rare painting of Mandiargues by his wife, Bona.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David J. Bond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081562283X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815622833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d","brand":"David J. Bond","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059853652223,"sku":"9780815622833","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cf784d63-1e48-4f62-bc25-44ca19690e41.jpg?v=1685060702","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fiction-of-andre-pieyre-de-david-j-bond-9780815622833","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}