{"product_id":"the-leg-of-lamb-its-life-and-works-9780984115532","title":"The Leg of Lamb: Its Life and Works","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwenty four delirious narratives from the highpoint of Surrealist automatic writing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA foundational classic of Surrealist literature, \u003ci\u003eThe Leg of Lamb\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the arch-Surrealist Benjamin Péret's short prose: a smorgasbord of automatic writing and fantastical narratives employing everything from the cinematic antics of Buster Keaton and slapstick animation to the storytelling devices of detective novels, alchemical operations and mythology. \u003ci\u003eThe Leg of Lamb\u003c\/i\u003e consists of 24 delirious narratives, including the novella-length works And the Breasts Were Dying and There Was a Little Bakeress. Péret's adult fairy tales bear equal allegiance to Lewis Carroll and the Marquis de Sade, and present one of the clearest examples of Surrealist humor, in which the boundaries between character and object blur, and where a coat rack, artichoke or a pile of manure is just as likely as Napoléon, El Cid or Pope Pius VII to take on the role of hero and adventurer. Péret himself edited this collection toward the end of his life. Originally published in French in 1957, almost all of the stories in this collection had been written in the 1920s, half of them even preceding André Breton's \u003ci\u003eManifesto of Surrealism\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Leg of Lamb\u003c\/i\u003e offers not only a highpoint of Surrealist automatic writing, but a key chapter in the genesis of the Surrealist movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13385608\"\u003eBenjamin Péret\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wakefield Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780984115532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0984115536\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","brand":"Wakefield Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42668594921709,"sku":"9780984115532","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_3eb7e0b4-78c2-4fd5-88be-e6f73bb67d78.jpg?v=1649457181","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-leg-of-lamb-its-life-and-works-9780984115532","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}