{"product_id":"9781456847821","title":"Alien Among Anxious Artists","description":"Alien Among Anxious Artists is a humorous,  \u003cbr\u003enon-fiction narrative describing  \u003cbr\u003eadventures of American ceramic artist  \u003cbr\u003eDennis Parks in Central Europe, and  \u003cbr\u003echanges occurring there as reflected in  \u003cbr\u003ethe lives of his counterparts during their  \u003cbr\u003euncertain passage from drab Communist  \u003cbr\u003erepression into benign Capitalist neglect.  \u003cbr\u003eThe book concentrates on artistic  \u003cbr\u003eactivity in the core of Mitteleuropa -  \u003cbr\u003eHungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland -  \u003cbr\u003efrom 1982 to 1994, while Socialism was  \u003cbr\u003edeliquescing.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eExcellent writing concerning these  \u003cbr\u003echanges has been published by academics  \u003cbr\u003eand journalists, such as Timothy Garton  \u003cbr\u003eAsh and David Remnick, authors who  \u003cbr\u003ebreakfasted with ex-President Lech  \u003cbr\u003eWa?e?a in Warsaw before flying off for  \u003cbr\u003edinner in Moscow with former K.G.B.  \u003cbr\u003eChief Gennady Zyuganov. Dennis'  \u003cbr\u003esources readily acknowledged that they  \u003cbr\u003ehad less leverage on the future. They  \u003cbr\u003ewere curious about the life he lived as an  \u003cbr\u003eartist in America. Mitteleuropean artists  \u003cbr\u003eprofessed that they could easily identify  \u003cbr\u003ewith a contemporary artist who lived  \u003cbr\u003elightly on the periphery of society  \u003cbr\u003e(though they struggled to comprehend  \u003cbr\u003ewhy a Capitalist would freely choose this  \u003cbr\u003ealternative).  \u003cbr\u003eJacket design by Joan Giannecchini","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125473919216,"sku":"9781456847821","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781456847821_p0.jpg?v=1763863177","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781456847821","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}