{"product_id":"9780375706233","title":"Houdini's Box: The Art of Escape","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePhillips, Adam\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVintage\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\/13\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this uniquely brilliant and insightful book, an acclaimed essayist and psychoanalyst analyzes four escape artists—including Harry Houdini and Emily Dickinson—to meditate on the notion of escape in our society and in ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Provocative ... lucid and engaging ... a pleasure to read.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e No one can escape the desire and need to escape. By analyzing four examples of escape   artists—a young girl who hides from others by closing her eyes; a grown man incapable   of a relationship; Emily Dickinson, recluse extraordinaire; and Harry Houdini, the   quintessential master of escape—Phillips enables readers to identify the escape artists   lurking within themselves. Lucid, erudite, and audacious, \u003ci\u003eHoudini's Box\u003c\/i\u003e is another   scintillating and seminal work by one of the world's most dazzlingly original thinkers.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43412623491327,"sku":"9780375706233","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780375706233_s600x595.jpg?v=1775590841","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780375706233","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}