{"product_id":"the-magnetic-fields-andre-breton-9781681374604","title":"The Magnetic Fields","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn indispensible classic of French poetry, this is a new translation of Breton and Soupault's experiment with automatic writing, and also the first known work of literary surrealism. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the spring of 1919, two young men, Andr  Breton and Philippe Soupault, both in a state of shock after World War I, embarked on an experiment. Sick of the literary cultivation of \"voice,\" sick of the \"well-written,\" they wanted to unleash the power of the word and to create \"a new morality\" to replace \"the prevailing morality, the source of all our trials and tribulations.\" They had a plan. They would write for a week on every day of the week and they would write fast, as fast as possible, in complete secrecy. When the week was over, the writing would be done. No touching up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis was how \u003ci\u003eThe Magnetic Fields\u003c\/i\u003e, the first sustained exercise in automatic writing, came to be. Charlotte Mandell's brilliant new translation reveals a key work of twentieth-century literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andre Breton, Philippe Soupault\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681374609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681374604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.40w x 0.20d","brand":"Andre Breton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042875011327,"sku":"9781681374604","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a7b323c-2efa-4cb5-b654-bdb479514d5c.jpg?v=1684964025","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-magnetic-fields-andre-breton-9781681374604","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}