{"product_id":"seeing-further-9781681378510","title":"Seeing Further","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this autobiographical novel by a leading German author and translator, the narrator attempts to revive a run-down Hungarian movie theater--an unpromising endeavor that soon leads into a consideration of the building's history and an homage to the power of the cinema, imperiled as it may be in our time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile travelling through the Great Alf?ld, the vast plain in southeastern Hungary, the narrator of \u003ci\u003eSeeing Further\u003c\/i\u003e stops in an all but vacant town near the Romanian border. There she happens upon a dilapidated movie theater. Once the heart of the village, it has been boarded up for years. Entranced, she soon finds herself embarking on the colossal task of renovating it in order to preserve the cinematic experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeing Further \u003c\/i\u003eilluminates the cinema's former role as a communal space for collective imagining. For Esther Kinsky and her narrator, it remains a place of wonder, a dark room that unfurls a vastness not beholden to the ordinary rules of time and space. \u003ci\u003eSeeing Further\u003c\/i\u003e is an homage to cinema in words and pictures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Esther Kinsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681378510","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43211588862089,"sku":"9781681378510","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_69f92f0e-b4e6-4170-ba1e-edcf2f0317e9.jpg?v=1734426080","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/seeing-further-9781681378510","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}