{"product_id":"kissing-the-mask-william-t-vollmann-9780061228490","title":"Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Intrepid journalist and novelist William T. Vollman's colossal body of work stands unsurpassed for its range, moral imperative, and artistry.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam T. Vollmann, the National Book Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eEurope Central, \u003c\/em\u003e offers a charming, evocative, and piercing examination of the ancient Japanese tradition of Noh theatre and the keys it holds to our modern understanding of beauty. \u003cem\u003eKissing the Mask\u003c\/em\u003e is the first major book on Noh\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eby an American writer since the 1916 publication the classic study \u003cem\u003ePisan Cantos and the Noh \u003c\/em\u003eby Ezra Pound. But \u003cem\u003eKissing the Mask \u003c\/em\u003eis pure Vollman--illustrated with photos by the author with provocative related side-discussions on femininity, transgender, kabuki, pornography, geishas, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William T. Vollmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0061228494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061228490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.40d","brand":"William T. Vollmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988782514431,"sku":"9780061228490","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_033cc593-6aa7-4713-906c-51fbc7e9874a.jpg?v=1683296362","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kissing-the-mask-william-t-vollmann-9780061228490","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}