{"product_id":"babels-balloons-and-innocent-eyes-paperback","title":"Babels, Balloons and Innocent Eyes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Morice\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrian Stableford\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Morice (1860-1919), a Symbolist writer and art critic who was an early champion of people such as Paul Verlaine, Rodin, Pablo Picasso and Paul Gauguin, produced during his lifetime a great deal of literature, but only a single volume of short prose pieces, \u003cem\u003eQuincaille\u003c\/em\u003e, from which the stories and prose-poems in this current volume are taken, translated into English by Brian Stableford for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorice's prose poems and short stories frequently blend the lachrymose and the cynical in a distinctive alloy, shaped by his particular Symbolist method and Decadent style, which bring many of his confessional pieces close to a surreal stream-of-consciousness that was somewhat ahead of its time, but his works span a broad and rich spectrum, illustrated by the selections translated herein.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51747941908768,"sku":"9781943813834","price":22.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5d99f041f8e4abe642f7cb231c9f7db4.webp?v=1779901727","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/babels-balloons-and-innocent-eyes-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}