{"product_id":"the-diary-of-kaspar-hauser-9780998677705","title":"The Diary of Kaspar Hauser","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis intriguing gem of a book is a direct, germinal expression of the author s longstanding fascination with the figure of the Idiot in Western literature. Part notebook, part ethical treatise, part fantasized autobiography, \u003cem\u003eThe Diary of Kaspar Hauser\u003c\/em\u003e is a striking collection of forty or so haiku-like compositions, diary entries imagined to have been penned by the \"idiot\" Kaspar Hauser and discovered, by chance, after his death by brutal murder, among the papers of his patron, Franz Paul Webern. (Franz is Kaspar s interlocutor throughout the poems.) This hyperpoetic component of the book - inspired by Werner Herzog s masterful film - is sandwiched between two essays: the first, an Introduction recounting the remarkable discovery and history of the fabled manuscript; the second, comprising a one-page Epilogue (which details the death of Kaspar) along with a letter in the form of an Appendix by a fictional, highly cultured, Borges-like literary critic who converses with the eponymous \"Febbraro\" about his startling, dreamlike find.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book has all the characteristics - concision of language, fanciful flights of fiction and criticism in concentrated poetic form, sparse elements of theatrical dialogue, a fierce philosophical underpinning - to make for an \"ancient novelty\" of sorts: a daring book that surprises and forces us to rethink what we think we already know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Febbraro Paolo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Negative Capability Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780998677705","brand":"Negative Capability Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41338100383859,"sku":"9.781E+12","price":32.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d17c6909-ca67-49b2-936a-dbd069e99832.jpg?v=1707588917","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-diary-of-kaspar-hauser-9780998677705","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}