{"product_id":"museum-visits-paperback","title":"Museum Visits - 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\u003eEric Chevillard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Levin Becker\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Medin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe daring, mischievous micro-essays of award-winning French humorist Éric Chevillard, published in English for the first time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Éric Chevillard is one of France's leading stylists and thinkers, an endlessly inventive observer of the everyday whose erudition and imagination honor the legacy of Swift and Voltaire--with some good-natured postmodern twists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This ensemble of comic miniatures compiles reflections on chairs, stairs, stones, goldfish, objects found, strangers observed, scenarios imagined, reasonable premises taken to absurd conclusions, and vice versa. The author erects a mental museum for his favorite artworks, only to find it swarming with tourists. He attends a harpsichord recital and lets his passions flare. He happens upon a piece of paper and imagines its sordid back story. He wonders if Hegel's cap, on display in Stuttgart, is really worth the trip. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout, Chevillard's powers of observation chime with his verbal acrobatics. His gaze--initially superficial, then deeply attentive, then practically sociopathic--manages time and again to defamiliarize the familiar with a coherent and charismatic charm. Daniel Levin Becker's translation deftly renders the marvels of the original, and a foreword by Daniel Medin offers rich contextual commentary, making a vital wing of French literature and humor newly accessible in English.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉric Chevillard\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1964) is an award-winning French writer. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Valiant Little Tailor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrehistoric Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePalafox\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eDaniel Levin Becker\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eMany Subtle Channels\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhat's Good\u003c\/i\u003e and a member of the Parisian literary collective OULIPO. \u003cb\u003eDaniel Medin\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of comparative literature and English at the American University of Paris and a director of its Center for Writers and Translators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.7 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50330816413933,"sku":"9780300254112","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/W5JiVmRodN9780300254112.webp?v=1784939671","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/museum-visits-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}