{"product_id":"white-rabbitsdown-below-by-leonora-carrington-9780241809617","title":"White Rabbits\/Down Below","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlayful, sharp and fantastical: a new selection of writing by Leonora Carrington, the last great Surrealist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1940, Leonora Carrington — a twenty-two-year-old British-born Surrealist artist — was persuaded to flee France and the advancing German army for Spain. Already suffering from a psychotic break occasioned by the arrest of her lover by the Nazi authorities, she was soon confined to a mental institution, where she was subjected to sadistic treatment under the guise of medical care. In her memoir, \u003cem\u003eDown Below\u003c\/em\u003e, she describes her experiences with an anthropologist's precision and an artist's sense of the fantastic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume also includes a selection of Carrington's best stories from across her lifetime, functioning as companion pieces to her surrealist-inflected non-fiction. They include \u003cem\u003eThe Debutante\u003c\/em\u003e, in which a young woman, wishing to avoid a ball in her honour, swaps places with a hyena; \u003cem\u003eWhite Rabbits\u003c\/em\u003e, which sees a friendly neighbour come by to ask for spare decomposing meat; and \u003cem\u003eMy Flannel Knickers\u003c\/em\u003e, in which a woman has sainthood forced upon her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47976848130284,"sku":"9780241809617","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241809617-white-rabbits-down-below.jpg?v=1784701392","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/white-rabbitsdown-below-by-leonora-carrington-9780241809617","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}