{"product_id":"speaking-east-by-andrew-hussey-9781789144925","title":"Speaking East","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIsidore Isou was a young Jew in war-time Bucharest, and barely survived the Romanian Holocaust. He made his way to Paris where in 1945 he founded the avant-garde movement Lettrism, described as the missing link between Dada, Surrealism, Situationism and May '68.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSpeaking East\u003c\/i\u003e, Andrew Hussey presents a colourful picture of the post-war Left Bank, where Lettrist fists flew in avant-garde punch-ups in Jazz clubs and cafes. Isou, as sexy and as charismatic as the young Elvis, gathered around him a group of hooligan disciples who argued, drank and had sex with the Parisian intellectual elite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a vibrant account of the life and times of a pivotal figure in the history of the avant-garde.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46845801038060,"sku":"9781789144925","price":85.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27978293482824.jpg?v=1758896407","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/speaking-east-by-andrew-hussey-9781789144925","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}