{"product_id":"the-book-paperback-2","title":"The Book - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZoran Zivkovic\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTamar Yellin\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eYouchan Ito\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Book is not quite a novel, although almost half of it takes the form of a narrative, neither is it an essay, although quite a lot of what is said in it adopts that style. It is actually closest to that rare type or \"para-genre\" of satirical prose embodied in the exemplary \u003cem\u003eIn Praise of Folly\u003c\/em\u003e by the famous humanist from Rotterdam. Instead of the \"Folly,\" of human manias and absurdities, here, in a similar kind of double-talk, the books themselves \"speak,\" those monuments to our intelligence, ambitions and self-importance, and they primarily \"speak\" by making an analogy between man's fate and that of books--to man's detriment, of course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42105714802823,"sku":"9784908793110","price":26.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/89718e7171b68d8d64dae3b0134a0c5e.webp?v=1732437197","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-book-paperback-2","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}