{"product_id":"the-diary-of-kaspar-hauser-hardcover","title":"The Diary of Kaspar Hauser - Hardcover","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\u003eFebbraro Paolo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMolino Anthony\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis intriguing gem of a book is a direct, germinal expression of the authorís longstanding fascination with the figure of the Idiot in Western literature. Part notebook, part ethical treatise, part fantasized autobiography, \u003cem\u003eThe Diary of Kaspar Hauser\u003c\/em\u003e is a striking collection of forty or so haiku-like compositions, diary entries imagined to have been penned by the \"idiot\" Kaspar Hauser and discovered, by chance, after his death by brutal murder, among the papers of his patron, Franz Paul Webern. (Franz is Kasparís interlocutor throughout the poems.) This hyperpoetic component of the book - inspired by Werner Herzogís masterful film - is sandwiched between two essays: the first, an Introduction recounting the remarkable discovery and history of the fabled manuscript; the second, comprising a one-page Epilogue (which details the death of Kaspar) along with a letter in the form of an Appendix by a fictional, highly cultured, Borges-like literary critic who converses with the eponymous \"Febbraro\" about his startling, dreamlike find.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book has all the characteristics - concision of language, fanciful flights of fiction and criticism in concentrated poetic form, sparse elements of theatrical dialogue, a fierce philosophical underpinning - to make for an \"ancient novelty\" of sorts: a daring book that surprises and forces us to rethink what we think we already know.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 110\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48290298855673,"sku":"9780998677705","price":30.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/h6DBZu9WDS9780998677705.webp?v=1776282887","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-diary-of-kaspar-hauser-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}