{"product_id":"hauntings-paperback-1","title":"Hauntings - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eÉdouard Dujardin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrian Stableford\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHauntings\u003c\/em\u003e, by  douard Dujardin (1861-1949), was originally published in French in 1886 and is here presented in its first-ever English translation by Brian Stableford. It appeared one year before the work on which the author's fame is largely based, \u003cem\u003eLes Lauriers sont coup s\u003c\/em\u003e, which was the first stream-of-consciousness novel ever written, and which was certainly hugely influential on later writers, such as James Joyce. Demonstrating the manner in which Dujardin developed that technique by stages, while using monologues and biographical commentaries as a means of analyzing and illustrating the psychological phenomenon of obsession, \u003cem\u003eHauntings\u003c\/em\u003e is a minor masterpiece of symbolist fiction, specifically of the subgenre that consists of \"manic monologues,\" few examples of which can compare with its curiosity, intensity and frank perversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 132\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47415699734706,"sku":"9781645250197","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/65df8fefd7f0e158f45d13ecbda19acf.webp?v=1778384781","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/hauntings-paperback-1","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}