{"product_id":"the-cathedral-of-mist-paul-willems-9781939663184","title":"The Cathedral of Mist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of ethereal stories from the last of the great Francophone Belgian fantasists\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in French in 1983, \u003ci\u003eThe Cathedral of Mist\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of stories from the last of the great Francophone Belgian fantasists: distilled tales of distant journeys, buried memories and impossible architecture. Described here are the emotionally disturbed architectural plan for a palace of emptiness; the experience of snowfall in a bed in the middle of a Finnish forest; the memory chambers that fuel the marvelous futility of the endeavor to write; the beautiful woodland church, built of warm air currents and fog, scattering in storms and taking renewed shape at dusk, that gives this book its title. \u003ci\u003eThe Cathedral of Mist\u003c\/i\u003e offers the sort of ethereal narratives that might have come from the pen of a sorrowful, distinctly Belgian Italo Calvino. It is accompanied by two meditative essays on reading and writing that fall in the tradition of Marcel Proust and Julien Gracq. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Willems\u003c\/b\u003e (1912-97) published his first novel, \u003ci\u003eEverything Here Is Real\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1941. Three more novels and, toward the end of his life, two collections of short stories bracketed his career as a playwright.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Willems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1939663180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939663184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wakefield Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/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 7.00h x 4.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Paul Willems","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052445298943,"sku":"9781939663184","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1125f16c-16eb-4901-ba76-448118762db2.jpg?v=1685018833","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cathedral-of-mist-paul-willems-9781939663184","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}