{"product_id":"the-passive-vampire-gherasim-luca-9788086264318","title":"The Passive Vampire","description":"Originally published in 1945 in Bucharest, \u003ci\u003eThe Passive Vampire\u003c\/i\u003e caught the attention of the French Surrealists when an excerpt appeared in 1947 in the magazine \u003ci\u003eLa part du sable\u003c\/i\u003e. Luca, whom Gilles Deleuze referred to as one of the greatest poets, attempts here to transmit the \"shudder\" evoked by some Surrealist texts, such as André Breton's \u003ci\u003eNadja\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMad Love\u003c\/i\u003e, probing with acerbic humor the fragile boundary between \"objective chance\" and delirium. Impossible to define, \u003ci\u003eThe Passive Vampire\u003c\/i\u003e is a mixture of theoretical treatise and breathless poetic prose, personal confession and scientific investigation -- it is 18 photographs of \"objectively offered objects,\" a category created by Luca to occupy the space opened up by Breton. At times taking shape as assemblages, these objects are meant to capture chance in its dynamic and dramatic forms while illuminating the nearly continual equivalence between our love-hate tendencies and the world of things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gherasim Luca\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8086264319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788086264318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Twisted Spoon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.88h x 6.70w x 0.41d","brand":"Gherasim Luca","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986423152895,"sku":"9788086264318","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_86ba7281-db75-4a3e-b653-fef5bbf43f09.jpg?v=1683283264","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-passive-vampire-gherasim-luca-9788086264318","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}