{"product_id":"la-captive-christine-smallwood","title":"La Captive\nChristine Smallwood","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the fifth published title of our \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/firefliespress.com\/Decadent-Editions\" rel=\"history\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDecadent Editions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series, Christine Smallwood explores Chantal Akerman’s adaptation of Marcel Proust’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Prisoner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe fifth volume of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e In Search of Lost Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, in a text that moves elegantly between Akerman’s films, Proust’s novel, and Smallwood’s own life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Christine Smallwood creates both a portrait of Akerman and her films – the most illuminating I’ve read – and a portrait of herself.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoanna Hogg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Smallwood’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Captive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a delightful, engrossing book. Her study of Chantal Akerman’s film is profound, entwining Akerman’s and Proust’s resonant themes: mothers and daughters and sons, love and loss, passion and passivity, freedom, obsession, and time. A beautiful, masterful work that miraculously marries art to life, life to art.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLynne Tillman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archive Books Souq","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47743958221130,"sku":"","price":14.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/5474\/2858\/files\/025E4B3C-448F-4916-910D-F2DAA919D149.jpg?v=1709910617","url":"https:\/\/archive-books-berlin.myshopify.com\/products\/la-captive-christine-smallwood","provider":"Archive Souq","version":"1.0","type":"link"}