{"product_id":"houdinis-box-adam-phillips-9780375706233","title":"Houdini's Box: The Art of Escape","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this uniquely brilliant and insightful book, an acclaimed essayist and psychoanalyst analyzes four escape artists--including Harry Houdini and Emily Dickinson--to meditate on the notion of escape in our society and in ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Provocative ... lucid and engaging ... a pleasure to read.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e No one can escape the desire and need to escape. By analyzing four examples of escape artists--a young girl who hides from others by closing her eyes; a grown man incapable of a relationship; Emily Dickinson, recluse extraordinaire; and Harry Houdini, the quintessential master of escape--Phillips enables readers to identify the escape artists lurking within themselves. Lucid, erudite, and audacious, \u003ci\u003eHoudini's Box\u003c\/i\u003e is another scintillating and seminal work by one of the world's most dazzlingly original thinkers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375706232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375706233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.08w x 0.52d","brand":"Adam Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46431303598335,"sku":"9780375706233","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82deb32e-90d0-4be6-b6ec-340ee2c8b190.jpg?v=1735140924","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/houdinis-box-adam-phillips-9780375706233","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}