{"product_id":"the-book-of-elaborations-9780811209625","title":"The Book of Elaborations","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Oscar Mandel\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Essays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Montaigne before him, Mandel examines the antic mind of his fellowmen, vain, various, and ever-changing, and its peculiar manifestations in an age that embraces ugliness and irrationality. The sixteen pieces in the collection are, literally, 'elaborations'--discursive, associative, meditative--of the author's earlier lyric poems and epigrams, arranged by him to move in an easy way from the autobiographical to matters more general and abstract.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47892548288663,"sku":"9780811209625","price":1345.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780811209625.webp?v=1781187444","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-book-of-elaborations-9780811209625","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}