{"product_id":"the-leg-of-lamb-9780984115532","title":"The Leg of Lamb","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwenty four delirious narratives from the highpoint of Surrealist automatic writing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA foundational classic of Surrealist literature, \u003ci\u003eThe Leg of Lamb\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the arch-Surrealist Benjamin Péret''s short prose: a smorgasbord of automatic writing and fantastical narratives employing everything from the cinematic antics of Buster Keaton and slapstick animation to the storytelling devices of detective novels, alchemical operations and mythology. \u003ci\u003eThe Leg of Lamb\u003c\/i\u003e consists of 24 delirious narratives, including the novella-length works And the Breasts Were Dying and There Was a Little Bakeress. Péret''s adult fairy tales bear equal allegiance to Lewis Carroll and the Marquis de Sade, and present one of the clearest examples of Surrealist humor, in which the boundaries between character and object blur, and where a coat rack, artichoke or a pile of manure is just as likely as Napoléon, El Cid or Pope Pius VII to take on the role of hero and adventurer.","brand":"Wakefield Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885143699799,"sku":"9780984115532","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-leg-of-lamb-9780984115532","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}