{"product_id":"arabian-nights-of-1934-9781949597271","title":"Arabian Nights of 1934","description":"\u003cb\u003eA genre-bending novel of 1001 nights of no-holds-barred, pre-code American movies distilled into a single fevered dreamworld.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eArabian Nights of 1934\u003c\/i\u003e is a journey through the fevered dreamworld embodied in American movies of the early 1930s: an era that closed abruptly with the enforcement of the Production Code in July 1934. It distills a thousand and one nights of Depression-era movie-going--plotlines, closeups, cityscapes, wisecracks, backchat, and frantic outbursts--into a haunting parallel life, the stories bleeding into one another as they did in the minds of the viewers whom they helped sustain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo of those viewers, it so happens, are O'Brien's own parents in their restless youth--one impatient to experience the world beyond the screen, one ready to take it on--and the glimpse we're afforded into the darkened theaters of their minds frames the book with an act of imagination at once tender and audacious.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16592503\"\u003eGeoffrey O'Brien\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Terra Nova Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949597271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 194959727X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER004120\"\u003eFilm | Genres | Historical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT025010\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Historical Events\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT024050\"\u003eModern | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeoffrey O'Brien is a widely published poet, critic, and cultural historian whose books include Hardboiled \u003ci\u003eAmerica\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), \u003ci\u003eDream Time\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), \u003ci\u003eThe Times Square Story\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003ci\u003eThe Browser's Ecstasy\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eSonata for Jukeboxes\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), and \u003ci\u003eWhere Did Poetry Come From: Some Early Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e (2020). He has published nine collections of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Hill\u003c\/i\u003e (Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize, 2018) and \u003ci\u003eWho Goes There\u003c\/i\u003e (2020). He was for many years editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eThe Library of America\u003c\/i\u003e, and contributes frequently to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFilm Comment\u003c\/i\u003e, and other periodicals. He lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Terra Nova Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44519740997869,"sku":"9781949597271","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_e276f4fc-2f64-44b3-803f-98c41cb4c970.jpg?v=1701263761","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/arabian-nights-of-1934-9781949597271","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}