{"product_id":"great-liberty-paperback","title":"Great Liberty - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulien Gracq\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeorge MacLennan\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA previously untranslated gem of Surrealist prose poetry from the acclaimed French novelist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1941, Julien Gracq, newly released from a German prisoner-of-war camp, wrote a series of prose poems that would come to represent the only properly Surrealist writings in his oeuvre. Surrealism provided Gracq with a means of counteracting his disturbing wartime experiences; his newfound freedom inspired a new freedom of personal expression, and he gave the collection an appropriate title, \u003ci\u003eGreat Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e: \"In the occult dictionary of Surrealism, the true name of poetry is liberation.\" Gracq the poet rather than the novelist is at work here: Surrealist fireworks lace through bewitching modernist romance, fantasy, black humor and deadpan absurdism. A later, postwar section entitled \"The Habitable Earth\" presents Gracq as visionary traveler exploring Andes and Flanders and returning to the narrative impulse of his better-known fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulien Gracq\u003c\/b\u003e (1910-2007), born Louis Poirier, is known for such dreamlike novels as \u003ci\u003eThe Castle of Argol\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Dark Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Opposing Shore\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBalcony in the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e. He was close to the Surrealist movement, and André Breton in particular, to whom he devoted a critical study.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 6.9 x 4.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350800875769,"sku":"9781939663894","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZDFPUmdzeVdVY0wzOVg2c0Y1ZUJUUT09.webp?v=1769790283","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/great-liberty-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}