{"product_id":"28-paradises","title":"28 Paradises","description":"28 Paradises  is a rare book: it reveals not only the individual talents of  the authors, Modiano and Zehrfuss, but also the depth of the couple's  creative union. Sensitively translated into English for the first time by  Damion Searls,  28 Paradises  captures the exquisite sadness of waking  from a beautiful dream. There are twenty-eight dreams in this book, or  perhaps one dream in twenty-eight parts-visions of paradise imagined  by Zehrfuss during a time of deep sadness. Captured first in Zehrfuss's  brightly colored gouaches, each paradise was then refashioned as a  poem by Modiano.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Zehrfuss's paintings are Edens in miniature, and rather than describe  them outright, Modiano dreams himself into these reveries in quiet,  understated verse. The reader enters this shared realm in an experience  less like paging through a book and more like slipping into a shared world.  These paradises are wishes for moments when a painting, or a poem,  or a lover-perhaps they are not so different-relieves the loneliness  of being human. As Modiano writes with a touch of wistfulness, \"The  Lilliputian painted her paradises \/ And I \/ Next to her \/ Wrote a poem.\"  A pure example of ekphrastic writing-poetry inspired by paintings- this book shows how writing and visual art can together create a unique  emotional experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published by Editions de l'Olivier\/ Le Seuil in 2005","brand":"David Zwirner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42664514060324,"sku":"9781644230022","price":17.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9781644230022.jpg?v=1779308534","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/28-paradises","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}