{"product_id":"the-attraction-of-things-roger-lewinter-9780811225205","title":"The Attraction of Things","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Attraction of Things\u003c\/em\u003e concerns the entirety of beauty and the possibility of grace, relayed via obsessions with rare early gramophone records, the theater, translation, dying parents: all these elements are relayed in a dizzying strange traffic of cultural artifacts, friendships, losses, discoveries, and love. Roger Lewinter believes that in the realm of art, \"the distinction between life and death loses its relevance, the one taking place in the other.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhereas \u003cem\u003eStory of Love in Solitude\u003c\/em\u003e is a group of small stories, \u003cem\u003eThe Attraction of Things\u003c\/em\u003e is a continuous narrative (more or less) of a man seeking (or stumbling upon) enlightenment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Attraction of Things\u003c\/em\u003e,\" states Lewinter, \"is the story of a being who lets himself go toward what attracts him, toward what he attracts--beings, works, things--and who, through successive encounters, finds the way out of the labyrinth, to the heart, where the bolt of illumination strikes. This is the story of a letting go toward the illumination.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger Lewinter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811225208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811225205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.20h x 4.60w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/19\/2016","brand":"Roger Lewinter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994157252863,"sku":"9780811225205","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6e3fcbcc-0a8a-4fb2-86b7-e15dc0109b7e.jpg?v=1683328466","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-attraction-of-things-roger-lewinter-9780811225205","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}