{"product_id":"francis-bacons-armchair-9781943150014","title":"Francis Bacon's Armchair","description":"The unnamed narrator of Francis Bacon's Armchair has just been released from an extended stay at a psychiatric hospital and now has only one objective: to shut himself away in his apartment and contemplate the best way to restart his life. But his obsession with Cathie, a young woman he met during his convalescence, drives him out of his bedroom one night in search of a telephone--which leads him two floors below into the apartment of his morbidly obese neighbor, Sauvage. \u003cp\u003e Sauvage is a translator overwhelmed by his current project, The Dictionary of Rare and Incurable Diseases, and by the inherent difficulties of his profession. The narrator begins paying regular visits to his mysterious neighbor, and the two isolated men develop a bizarre relationship dominated by fear, jealousy, and mutual fascination. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A hypnotic and philosophically dense novel, Francis Bacon's Armchair deftly weaves between explorations of loneliness, language, and obsession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781943150014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.20d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sebastien Brebel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40239802646709,"sku":"9781943150014","price":11.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_eaf3881c-f402-4ea8-a9e2-7a8f05253ae6.jpg?v=1623726230","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/francis-bacons-armchair-9781943150014","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}