{"product_id":"short-life-in-a-strange-world-birth-to-death-in-42-panels","title":"Short Life in a Strange World: Birth to Death in 42 Panels","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eShort Life in a Strange World: Birth to Death in 42 Panels\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eToby Ferris\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780062931757\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHarper\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2020\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eIllustrated\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSure to be hailed alongside \u003cem\u003eH is for Hawk\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Hare with Amber Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e, an exceptional work that is at once an astonishing journey across countries and continents, an immersive examination of a great artist's work, and a moving and intimate memoir.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2012, facing the death of his father and impending fatherhood, Toby Ferris set off on a seemingly quixotic mission to track down and look at--in situ--every painting still in existence by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the most influential and important artist of Northern Renaissance painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result of that pursuit is a remarkable journey through major European cities and across continents. As Ferris takes a keen analytical eye to the paintings, each piece brings new revelations about Bruegel's art, and gives way to meditations on mortality, fatherhood, and life. Ferris conjures a whole world to which most of us have probably lost the key, and in the process teaches us how to look, patiently and curiously, at the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShort Life in a Strange World\u003c\/em\u003e is a dazzlingly original and assured debut--a strange and bewitching hybrid of art criticism, philosophical reflection, and poignant memoir. Beautifully illustrated with sixty-six color images, it subtly alters the way we see the world and ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Short Life in a Strange World: Birth to Death in 42 Panels | Toby Ferris | Hardcover | 9780062931757 | Used: Very Good | Biography 1620710","offer_id":48697054757016,"sku":"1620710","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/91s0rdH1_GL.jpg?v=1773767424","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/short-life-in-a-strange-world-birth-to-death-in-42-panels","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}