{"product_id":"glass-love-perpetual-motion-paul-scheerbart-9780226203003","title":"Glass! Love!! Perpetual Motion!!!: A Paul Scheerbart Reader","description":"German writer, critic, and theorist Paul Scheerbart (1863-1915) died nearly a century ago, but his influence is still being felt today. Considered by some a mad eccentric and by others a visionary political thinker in his own time, he is now experiencing a revival thanks to a new generation of scholars who are rightfully situating him in the modernist pantheon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlass  Love   Perpetual Motion   \u003c\/i\u003e is the first collection of Scheerbart's multifarious writings to be published in English. In addition to a selection of his fantastical short stories, it includes the influential architectural manifesto \u003ci\u003eGlass Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e and his literary tour-de-force \u003ci\u003ePerpetual Motion: The Story of an Invention\u003c\/i\u003e. The latter, written in the guise of a scientific work (complete with technical diagrams), was taken as such when first published but in reality is a fiction--albeit one with an important message. \u003ci\u003eGlass  Love   Perpetual Motion   \u003c\/i\u003e is richly illustrated with period material, much of it never before reproduced, including a selection of artwork by Paul Scheerbart himself. Accompanying this original material is a selection of essays by scholars, novelists, and filmmakers commissioned for this publication to illuminate Scheerbart's importance, then and now, in the worlds of art, architecture, and culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Coedited by artist Josiah McElheny and Christine Burgin, with new artwork created for this publication by McElheny, \u003ci\u003eGlass  Love   Perpetual Motion   \u003c\/i\u003e is a long-overdue monument to a modern master.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Scheerbart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022620300X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226203003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.28h x 7.23w x 1.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2015 pg. 1149","brand":"Paul Scheerbart","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44227950903551,"sku":"9780226203003","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9e44962b-c19a-47e5-bff8-d2925be94689.jpg?v=1692811357","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/glass-love-perpetual-motion-paul-scheerbart-9780226203003","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}