{"product_id":"flametti-or-the-dandyism-of-the-poor-paperback","title":"Flametti, or the Dandyism of the Poor - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHugo Ball\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarc Dachy\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eCatherine Schelbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA semi-autobiographical novel portraying a frenetic and literary Zurich as the backdrop to the Dada movement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1916, Hugo Ball (1886-1927) cofounded the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich and penned the Dada Manifesto, launching what would become the Zurich Dada movement. That same year he completed his semi-autobiographical novel, \u003ci\u003eFlametti, or The Dandyism of the Poor\u003c\/i\u003e, which would be published two years later. Drawing from his pre-Dada period of struggle and poverty in the vaudeville circuit, Ball immerses us in the rise and fall of Max Flametti and his vaudeville company. Fishing in the local river to feed his company, dabbling in drugs, strolling through the vegetable market on the Gemüsebrücke in Zurich, ducking into a side street to avoid running into the police, Flametti marches through the pages of Ball's novel passionately pursuing a career that culminates in the presentation of the theatrical extravaganza \u003ci\u003eThe Indians\u003c\/i\u003e at the Krokodil in Zürich (a locale that still exists today as a Spanish restaurant). Overcoming odds and alternately averting, succumbing to and embracing financial ruin, Flametti ultimately emerges as a tragic figure--a Willy Loman of vaudeville. \u003ci\u003eFlametti\u003c\/i\u003e portrays a frenetic Zurich that had been the backdrop to the Dada movement, and is comparable to other such literary cities and eras as Christopher Isherwood's Berlin.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 170\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9.16 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 31, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769867239712,"sku":"9781939663030","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cd8e60f75c73d7a2494510fe9852d70b.webp?v=1780358663","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/flametti-or-the-dandyism-of-the-poor-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}