{"product_id":"my-papa-and-the-maid-of-orleans-and-other-grotesques","title":"My Papa and the Maid of Orléans and Other Grotesques","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwelve grotesque tales from the philosopher and literary absurdist Mynona\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMynona's other 1921 collection of grotesques is no less provocative and just as indefinable in nature--even close to a century after its original publication. These twelve off-kilter parabolic tales include items such as \"The Chamber Pot as Lifesaver,\" \"The Art of Self-Embalming,\" \"The Maiden as Toothpowder,\" \"Your Panties Are Beautiful!\" and \"The Amorous Corpse.\" E.T.A. Hoffmann meets Immanuel Kant through the unlikeliest of looking glasses as Mynona spins out quasi-mystical meetings between cosmic entities and drawing-room romantics: a starry-eyed Buster Keaton skirting along the philosophical and literary borders of topics such as cuckoldry, necrophilia, schizophrenia, the end of history and the love lives of objects. With its companion volume of grotesques, \u003ci\u003eThe Unruly Bridal Bed\u003c\/i\u003e, these twelve tales poke more holes in the material world and further demonstrate Mynona's predilection for the philosophical pratfall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6429160\"\u003eMynona\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wakefield Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939663276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 193966327X\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-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMentioned in his day in the same breath as Kafka, \u003cb\u003eMynona\u003c\/b\u003e, a.k.a. Salomo Friedlaender (1871-1946), was a perfectly functioning split personality: a philosopher by day (author of \u003ci\u003eFriedrich Nietzsche: An Intellectual Biography\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKant for Kids\u003c\/i\u003e) and a literary absurdist by night, who composed black-humored tales he called \u003ci\u003eGrotesken\u003c\/i\u003e. His friends and fans included Martin Buber, Walter Benjamin and Karl Kraus. He died in Paris, ill and in poverty, after Thomas Mann refused to help him emigrate to the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wakefield Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42657445150957,"sku":"9781939663276","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_aa407a63-40df-4342-bc53-20c71c024f47.jpg?v=1649311778","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/my-papa-and-the-maid-of-orleans-and-other-grotesques","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}