{"title":"Daniele Pantano","description":"\u003cp\u003eDaniele Pantano's works invite readers into a rich landscape of poetic and theatrical expression, blending wit and depth across genres. His writings, including \u003cem\u003eComedies\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, explore themes within arts and culture with a distinct and compelling voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough his inventive use of language and form, Pantano offers a unique perspective that challenges conventional storytelling. These books are ideal for those drawn to innovative literature that bridges poetry and drama.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-poems-by-robert-walser-9781803090696","title":"The Poems","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first complete publication of Robert Walser’s poems translated into English.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAdmired by the likes of Kafka, Musil, and Walter Benjamin and acclaimed as “unforgettable, heart-rending” by J. M. Coetzee, Swiss writer Robert Walser (1878–1956) remains one of the most influential authors of modern literature. Walser left school at fourteen and led a wandering and precarious existence while producing poems, stories, essays, and novels. In 1933, he abandoned writing and entered a sanatorium, where he remained for the rest of his life. “I am not here to write,” Walser said, “but to be mad.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis first collection of Walser’s poems in English translation allows English-speaking readers to experience the author as he saw himself at the beginning and the end of his literary career––as a poet. The book also includes notes on dates of composition, draft versions of the printed poems, and brief biographical information on characters and locations that appear in the poems and may not be known to readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFew writers have ever experienced such a steady rise in their reputation and public profile as Walser has seen in recent years, and this collection of his poems will help readers discover a unique writer whose off-kilter sensibility and innovations in form are perfectly suited to our fragmented, distracted, bewildering era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47433010118892,"sku":"9781803090696","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781803090696.jpg?v=1774765827"},{"product_id":"comedies-by-james-reidel-9781803090498","title":"Comedies","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book brings English-language readers works by Walser in a rare form: dramolette.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFew writers have ever experienced such a steady rise in their reputation and public profile as Swiss writer Robert Walser (1878–1956) has seen in recent years. As more of his previously little-known work has been translated into English, readers have discovered a unique writer whose off-kilter sensibility and innovations in form are perfectly suited to our fragmented, distracted, bewildering era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe short plays presented here, inspired by the German theatre Walser enjoyed in his youth, while never meant to be performed, present scenes, characters, and situations that comment on the brutality of fairy tales, the impossibilities of love, the dark fate of the Christ child (and Walser himself), and more. At the same time, like all of Walser’s work, they are infused with a humour that is wholly genuine despite its shades of darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGathering all of Walser’s plays, as well as his later, fragmentary dramatic writings, \u003cem\u003eComedies\u003c\/em\u003e will be celebrated by the many devoted fans of this lately rediscovered master.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455536709868,"sku":"9781803090498","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/61bbn-iOAdL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774780498"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/daniele-pantano.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}