{"product_id":"requiem-for-a-manual-typewriter-9783959055215","title":"Requiem for a Manual Typewriter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA celebration, in novel form, of the legendary avant-garde filmmaker's beloved machine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn March 25, 1997, Lithuanian American filmmaker, poet and artist Jonas Mekas (1922-2019) found a dusty roll of computer paper under his desk. He stretched the paper into his beloved Olympia De Luxe, on which he had typed all kinds of texts for so many years: diaries, poems, \u003ci\u003eMovie Journal\u003c\/i\u003e columns, interviews, manifestos and letters to friends. Compelled to fill this forgotten roll, Mekas began to write a form of text quite foreign to him: a novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRequiem for a Manual Typewriter\u003c\/i\u003e is an ode to his beloved typewriter, on which he practiced writing spontaneously, describing the present on a machine that was already considered technologically obsolete.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3412063\"\u003eJonas Mekas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spector Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 4.80w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783959055215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3959055218\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","brand":"Spector Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44529155866861,"sku":"9783959055215","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_b41daa43-1206-4087-b568-06cfeee99193.jpg?v=1701396639","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/requiem-for-a-manual-typewriter-9783959055215","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}