{"product_id":"asylum-of-dr-caligari","title":"Asylum of Dr. Caligari","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAsylum of Dr. Caligari\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJames Morrow\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781616962654\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eTachyon Publications\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2017\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e192\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\"No one does history-meets-the-fantastic like Morrow. \u003ci\u003eThe Asylum of Dr. Caligari\u003c\/i\u003e is a great example--Impressionism versus expressionism, psychology in the asylum of 'dreams, ' the weaponization of art, big laughs and big ideas, a wild imagination, and smooth, subtle writing.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Jeffrey Ford, author of \u003ci\u003eA Natural History of Hell\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is the summer of 1914. As the world teeters on the brink of the Great War, a callow American painter, Francis Wyndham, arrives at a renowned European insane asylum, where he begins offering art therapy under the auspices of Alessandro Caligari--sinister psychiatrist, maniacal artist, alleged sorcerer. And determined to turn the impending cataclysm to his financial advantage, Dr. Caligari will--for a price--allow governments to parade their troops past his masterpiece: a painting so mesmerizing it can incite entire regiments to rush headlong into battle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Asylum of Dr. Caligari\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely tale that is by turns funny and erotic, tender and bayonet-sharp--but ultimately emerges as a love letter to that mysterious, indispensable thing called art.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Tachyon Publications","offers":[{"title":"Asylum of Dr. Caligari | James Morrow | Paperback | 9781616962654 | Used: Like New | Fiction 1712289","offer_id":50894862254338,"sku":"1712289","price":35.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71OXjzq7WoL.jpg?v=1793139007","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/asylum-of-dr-caligari","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}