{"product_id":"speaking-east-andrew-hussey-9781789144925","title":"Speaking East: The Strange and Enchanted Life of Isidore Isou","description":"\u003cb\u003eA vibrant account of both the sensuous cultural scene of postwar Paris and the life of an alluring icon of modern art.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Isidore Isou was a young Jew in wartime Bucharest who barely survived the Romanian Holocaust. He made his way to Paris, where, in 1945, he founded the avant-garde movement Lettrism, described as the missing link between Dada, Surrealism, Situationism, and May '68. In \u003ci\u003eSpeaking East\u003c\/i\u003e, Andrew Hussey presents a colorful picture of the postwar Left Bank, where Lettrist fists flew in avantgarde punch-ups in Jazz clubs and caf s, and where Isou--as sexy and as charismatic as the young Elvis--gathered around him a group of hooligan disciples who argued, drank, and had sex with the Parisian intellectual  lite. This is a vibrant account of the life and times of a pivotal figure in the history of modern art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Hussey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789144922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789144925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.10d","brand":"Andrew Hussey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44043440685311,"sku":"9781789144925","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_150529ca-0d5c-4cf4-bf88-1f4668fcf304.jpg?v=1684967167","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/speaking-east-andrew-hussey-9781789144925","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}