{"product_id":"the-communicating-vessels-9780998267586","title":"The Communicating Vessels","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFor the first time available in English, two portraits of grief by Friederike Mayr cker, one of the significant European writers of our time.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eFriederike Mayr cker\u003c\/strong\u003e met Ernst Jandl in 1954, through the experimental Vienna Group of German writers and artists. It was an encounter that would alter the course of their lives. Jandl's death in 2000 ended a partnership of nearly half a century. As writers have for millennia, Mayr cker turned to her art to come to terms with the loss. Taking its cue from the Andr  Breton's work of the same name, \u003cem\u003eThe Communicating Vessels\u003c\/em\u003e is an intensely personal book of mourning, comprised of 140 entries spanning the course of a year and exploring everyday life in the immediate aftermath of Jandl's death. Rilke is said to have observed that poetry should begin as elegy but end as praise: taking this as a guiding principle, \u003cem\u003eAnd I Shook Myself a Beloved\u003c\/em\u003e reflects on a lifetime of shared books and art, impressions and conversations, memories and dreams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMasterfully translated by Alexander Booth, these two singular books of remembrance and farewell offer a stunning testament to a life of passionate reading, writing, and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Public Space Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780998267586\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256","brand":"Friederike Mayr\u0026#246;cker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38350102298805,"sku":"9780998267586","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_63f56333-74be-4ae2-a849-77b99dd470a9.jpg?v=1611643527","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-communicating-vessels-9780998267586","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}