{"product_id":"symphony-stanford-pritchard-9781494881504","title":"Symphony","description":"The scheme of SMPHONY, if atypical, is simple: It goes where it seems to want to go, at any given moment. Although each section connects to the preceding by a logical or psychological thread (and there is an arc that connects the ending to the beginning), the book is not linear in the traditional sense. I believe that the sense of linear continuity is precisely what is lacking in our lives, and that, willy-nilly, the impact of quick-cutting in the movies has made our minds comfortable with rapid and abrupt changes; if not full of wrenching twists and turns, our lives are collages more than they are straight lines. It should be noted that there is some bawdiness in SYMPHONY: not obscenity, I hope, but an occasional touch of earthiness. I reason that if millions of people, children as well as adults, can respond favorably to a movie with a major character named Pussy Galore, readers can take my ribaldry in the spirit of broad fun in which it is intended. Finally, I am guided by two notions. The first is Kafka's admonition, \"To hell with psychology,\" and the second is Henry James's assertion that, in the end, the only criterion by which a novel can be judged good is whether or not it is interesting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford Pritchard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1494881500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781494881504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.53d","brand":"Stanford Pritchard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49163026661631,"sku":"9781494881504","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/symphony-stanford-pritchard-9781494881504","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}