{"product_id":"the-irresponsible-magician-rebekah-rutkoff-9781584351733","title":"The Irresponsible Magician: Essays and Fictions","description":"\u003cb\u003eSharp, acerbic, and humorous writings that approach psychoanalysis and celebrity on a first-name basis, with subjects that range from Oprah Winfrey to William Eggleston.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs any good magician or psychoanalyst knows, it's the deliberate chalking of a particular square that allows for the discovery of personal order and private mythology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e--from \u003ci\u003eThe Irresponsible Magician\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharp, acerbic, and often humorous, Rebekah Rutkoff's writings about contemporary culture reflect the present in ways reminiscent of Renata Adler's and Joan Didion's writings about urban life in the late twentieth century. Moving freely between fact and fiction, utilizing imaginary interviews, accidental stories, and critical essays, \u003ci\u003eThe Irresponsible Magician \u003c\/i\u003eapproaches psychoanalysis and celebrity on a first-name basis. Writing about cultural figures as diverse as Oprah Winfrey, Michel Auder, the Kennedy women, William Eggleston, Gregory Markopoulos, and Hilda Doolittle, Rutkoff interprets protagonists as if they were figures in a dream. Navigating a world of painting, cable television, video art, avant-garde film, memories, or Rutkoff's own photographs, these texts read images like tea leaves, opening up a space in which shadows speak more eloquently than symbols or signs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebekah Rutkoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 158435173X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781584351733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Semiotext(e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.20d","brand":"Rebekah Rutkoff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47001638273279,"sku":"9781584351733","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e156dfae-ac76-4c59-8b8e-388654240ab5.jpg?v=1751601678","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-irresponsible-magician-rebekah-rutkoff-9781584351733","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}