{"product_id":"octaves-john-watson-9781760414894","title":"Octaves: A Paris Labyrinth","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Montparnasse between the wars, Kiki, 'Queen of Montparnasse', danced and sang; Prévert created Baptiste there; Desnos travelled astrally, then woke to harvest the crop; painters - Kisling, Pascin, Foujita, Modigliani, Derain and others - laboured and partied there; Bronia came from Holland, destined to meet Radiguet, Cocteau's Boy Wonder; later she would marry René Clair; Satie opened umbrellas there, always hoping for rain. There are triumphs, infatuations, liaisons, marriages, deaths. As the Carousel of Montparnasse turns, John Watson deftly notes its music - like Anton Walbrook in \u003cem\u003eLa Ronde\u003c\/em\u003e or Jean Renoir in \u003cem\u003eLes Enfants du Paradis\u003c\/em\u003e. The octave 'at once same and different, like a waterfall' suggests the verse form, as unvarying as Ravel's \u003cem\u003eBolero\u003c\/em\u003e and orchestrated in two thousand tetrameters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Watson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1760414891\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781760414894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ginninderra Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.29d","brand":"John Watson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519312769279,"sku":"9781760414894","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3ce44340-046c-416d-86da-98cc76d8351e.jpg?v=1778737236","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/octaves-john-watson-9781760414894","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}