{"product_id":"from-wahnsinnig-to-the-loony-henry-whittlesey-9781482577549","title":"From Wahnsinnig to the Loony Bin: German and Russian Stories Transposed to Modern-Day America","description":"\u003ci\u003eFrom Wahnsinnig to the Loony Bin\u003c\/i\u003e is the first collection of published and unpublished transpositions - a genre created between translation and adaptation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA transposition retains the form of an original story, but shifts its content when the past and present contexts are incompatible. Form is defined as each sentence or segment; content is moved from the past to the present - from the romantic era in Germany and Russia to 21st century America in this collection. You will find more information at www.transposing.net.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur inaugural edition of transpositions furnishes stories originally written in Russian and German. Transposed into English, Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol and E.T.A. Hoffmann enter modern-day America. The selected works include classics like \u003ci\u003eThe Sandmann\u003c\/i\u003e by Hoffmann, \u003ci\u003eThe Nose\u003c\/i\u003e by Gogol and lesser known works such as Pushkin's narrative poem \u003ci\u003eGypsies\u003c\/i\u003e (transposed as \u003ci\u003eActivists\u003c\/i\u003e) and Hoffmann's novella \u003ci\u003eGambler's Luck\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing a preface on transposition, Broker Bill loses his nose in Whittlesey's transposition of Gogol's classic \u003ci\u003eThe Nose\u003c\/i\u003e. Desperate, he roams Manhattan, riding taxis, going to banks, talking with CEOs, FBI investigators, emailing district managers and board chairs, until he gives up... \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmirnov moves Pushkin's gypsies from the Caucasus to the Forest City - Portland, Maine. The poem is transformed into flash fiction; the gypsies transfigured to activists; but a young stranger still falls in love with a woman who soon grows tired of his affection...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn offshoot of the Vanderbilt family jets into Reno in Raleigh's transposition of \u003ci\u003eGambler's Luck\u003c\/i\u003e by E.T.A. Hoffmann. Dwight has luck on his side, and it doesn't abandon him in his liaisons, the lottery or gambling. He amasses millions until he sits down on a boardwalk bench with a man who - to quote from the text - \"is more of a Dodge than a Prius\"...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bandit brothers in Pushkin's eponymous poem no longer attack travelers in the forest. Today they are lovers who lease office space, hire a promoter and take forged reports to wealthy businessmen and idealists. Smirnov's \u003ci\u003eCriminals in Love\u003c\/i\u003e, again as flash fiction, tells the story of their fate, similar to Puskhin's protagonists in form, but different in content...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngelika Friedrich and Henry Whittlesey plop Matt and Clara into the suburban northeast in their transposition of Hoffmann's \u003ci\u003eSandman\u003c\/i\u003e. The bogeyman may still collect eyes, but these eyes appear on tablets and robots that ultimately drive Matt crazy...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, to close out the collection, \"looking like Porky Pig,\" the devil himself pays a visit to rural Vermont. Hell bent on preventing the glass blower Pratt from dating the cari Zena, he steals the moon in Whittlesey's transposition of Gogol's \u003ci\u003eThe Night before Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnjoy, analyze and let us know what you think of this new genre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEreader warning: The layout for \u003ci\u003eActivists\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Night before Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e often deviates substantially from our original conception (in the print edition) due to the formatting requirements for ebooks and readers' ability to choose their own font size. As a result, however, these stories are a type of electronic transposition of the print version.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Whittlesey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1482577542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781482577549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.68d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henry Whittlesey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800285851903,"sku":"9781482577549","price":18.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-wahnsinnig-to-the-loony-henry-whittlesey-9781482577549","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}