{"product_id":"9780872863989","title":"The Consul","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout his adventurous life, Ralph Rumney was in constant flight from the wreckage of postwar Europe. Crossing paths with every avant-garde of the past fifty years, he was one of the founding members of the Situationist International. Rumney’s traveling companions — Guy Debord, Pegeen Guggenheim, Asger Jorn, Michèle Berstein, Bernard Kops, Yves Klein, Marcel Duchamp, Georges Bataille, William Burroughs, Félix Guattari, E.P. Thompson, Victor Brauner, and many others — are recalled in the oral history with sharp intelligence and dry wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfusely illustrated with Rumney’s own photos, paintings, and collages and other documentary materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eThe Consul\u003c\/i\u003e regains that magnificent freedom that a handful of people enjoyed and shared with artists, writers and others, in a world whose password was total, unfailing rejection of the world.\" —Judith Brouste, \u003ci\u003eArt Press\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\". . . fine compendium of the most poetic of political writings, albeit still a partial measure for fans, followers and future revolutionaries awaiting the complete translations of the journal Situationist Internationale.\" — \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRalph Rumney (1934 - 2002), was the sole member of the London Psychogeographical Society, a founding organization of the Situationist International (1957). He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Leaning Tower of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e , a fabled psychogeographical exploration of that city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Imrie is a literary agent and translator whose translations include Guy Debord's \u003ci\u003eComments on the Society of the Spectacle\u003c\/i\u003e and Josè Pierre's \u003ci\u003eInvestigating Sex: Surrealist Discussions 1928 - 1932\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027604127984,"sku":"9780872863989","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780872863989_p0.jpg?v=1763838489","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780872863989","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}