{"product_id":"geometry-of-shadows-paperback","title":"Geometry of Shadows - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGiorgio de Chirico\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStefania Heim\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGathered from early twentieth-century Italian magazines, manuscripts, correspondence, television recordings, and ephemeral art volumes, Geometry of Shadows is the first comprehensive collection of Giorgio de Chirico's Italian poetry, with award-winning poet Stefania Heim's translations presented alongside the Italian originals.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cem\u003eDe Chirico's poems are as essential and as mysterious as his paintings.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Jhumpa Lahiri \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A multifaceted artist who lived in multiple languages, de Chirico was just becoming famous in France for the paintings that inspired surrealism when he returned to Italy in 1916 to enlist for the First World War. Quickly determined unfit for the front line, de Chirico was assigned to desk duty and began to write poems in his native language. Translating his iconic visual imagination into literary form, \u003cem\u003eGeometry of Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e is a gorgeous document celebrating the elasticity and innate potential of language, by an artist ever in pursuit of deeper understanding.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGiorgio de Chirico\u003c\/strong\u003e (1888-1978) was born in Greece to Italian parents. A gifted and prolific painter, de Chirico is considered the founder of the metaphysical school of art and a significant influence on the surrealists. Over the course of his long career, he was involved with many of the twentieth century's major art-world figures: he designed costumes for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and set productions for Luigi Pirandello; he was photographed by Irving Penn. De Chirico was also a prolific writer. His French writing has been translated by John Ashbery, Louise Bourgeois, and others. \u003cem\u003eGeometry of Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e compiles for the first time in translation the entirety of de Chirico's Italian poems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eStefania Heim\u003c\/strong\u003e received a translation fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for her work on Giorgio de Chirico. A founding editor of \u003cem\u003eCIRCUMFERENCE: Poetry in Translation\u003c\/em\u003e, she is the author of the poetry collections \u003cem\u003eHOUR BOOK\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Table that Goes On for Miles\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Washington.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 124\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.1 x 4.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772775760160,"sku":"9780998267548","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b96bbc6e67ca81e0fb41b91b456bdf35.webp?v=1780413984","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/geometry-of-shadows-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}