{"product_id":"the-cathedral-of-mist-paperback","title":"The Cathedral of Mist - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Willems\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEdward Gauvin\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eEdward Gauvin\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of ethereal stories from the last of the great Francophone Belgian fantasists\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in French in 1983, \u003ci\u003eThe Cathedral of Mist\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of stories from the last of the great Francophone Belgian fantasists: distilled tales of distant journeys, buried memories and impossible architecture. Described here are the emotionally disturbed architectural plan for a palace of emptiness; the experience of snowfall in a bed in the middle of a Finnish forest; the memory chambers that fuel the marvelous futility of the endeavor to write; the beautiful woodland church, built of warm air currents and fog, scattering in storms and taking renewed shape at dusk, that gives this book its title. \u003ci\u003eThe Cathedral of Mist\u003c\/i\u003e offers the sort of ethereal narratives that might have come from the pen of a sorrowful, distinctly Belgian Italo Calvino. It is accompanied by two meditative essays on reading and writing that fall in the tradition of Marcel Proust and Julien Gracq. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Willems\u003c\/b\u003e (1912-97) published his first novel, \u003ci\u003eEverything Here Is Real\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1941. Three more novels and, toward the end of his life, two collections of short stories bracketed his career as a playwright.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7 x 4.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769866584352,"sku":"9781939663184","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/db29790cf392f06494d93a3716008f00.webp?v=1780358656","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-cathedral-of-mist-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}