{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-form-and-content-essays-9781555977610b","title":"The Adventures of Form and Content: Essays","description":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn astounding work of doubles by Albert Goldbarth, “a dazzling virtuoso who can break your heart” (Joyce Carol Oates)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbert Goldbarth’s first book of essays in a decade, \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Form and Content\u003c\/i\u003e is about the mysteries of dualities, the selves we all carry inside,  the multiverses that we are. This collection takes its shape from the  ACE Doubles format of the 1950s: turn this book one way, and read about the  checkered history of those sci-fi and pulp fictions, or about the erotic  poetry of Catullus and the gravelly songs of Springsteen, or about the  high gods and the low-down blues, a city of the holy and of the sinful;  turn this book the other way, and read about prehistoric cave artists  and NASA astronauts, or about illness and health, or about the discovery  of planets and the discovery of oneself inside an essay, or about soul  ships and space ships, the dead and the living; or turn the book any way  you want, and this book becomes an adventure of author and reader, form  and content.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoldbarth’s essays have pioneered and inspired  new forms of nonfiction writing for thirty years. Robert Atwan, the series  editor for \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, praises his work by stating,  “These essays are a whole new breed . . . Goldbarth has spliced  strands of the old genre with a powerful new genre—and the results are  miraculous.” \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Form and Content\u003c\/i\u003e is a new, ingenious work of hilarity and humanity that reminds us of the capabilities and impossibilities of art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42824628371536,"sku":"9781555977610B","price":8.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781555977610-l.jpg?v=1785897382","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-adventures-of-form-and-content-essays-9781555977610b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}