{"product_id":"blue-rider-by-geraldo-valerio-9781554989812","title":"Blue Rider","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn a grey and crowded city pavement, a child discovers a book. That evening, the child begins to read and is immediately carried beyond the repetitive sameness of an urban skyscape into an untamed natural landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe child experiences a moment of true joy, and as if in response to that single blissful moment, people seem to come alive in all the other rooms of the apartment block. Thanks to the power of one book, an entire society is transformed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn creating \u003cem\u003eBlue Rider\u003c\/em\u003e, Geraldo Valerio was inspired by the German Expressionist group known as Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), which formed in Munich in 1911 and included painters Franz Marc and Wassily Kandinsky. These artists sought to find the spiritual significance in art, with an emphasis on form and colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn turn, Valerio has created a wordless book that speaks volumes about how art can transform us beyond the sometimes-dreary world of the everyday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47485961765100,"sku":"9781554989812","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/b5bc9bec5eb113aefaddfd5ffc611fc8.jpg?v=1775785274","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/blue-rider-by-geraldo-valerio-9781554989812","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}