{"product_id":"9781760414900","title":"Octaves: A Paris Labyrinth","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Montparnasse between the wars, Kiki, ‘Queen of Montparnasse’, danced and sang; Prévert created Baptiste there; Desnos travelled astrally, then woke to harvest the crop; painters – Kisling, Pascin, Foujita, Modigliani, Derain and others – laboured and partied there; Bronia came from Holland, destined to meet Radiguet, Cocteau’s Boy Wonder; later she would marry René Clair; Satie opened umbrellas there, always hoping for rain. There are triumphs, infatuations, liaisons, marriages, deaths. As the Carousel of Montparnasse turns, John Watson deftly notes its music – like Anton Walbrook in \u003cem\u003eLa Ronde\u003c\/em\u003e or Jean Renoir in \u003cem\u003eLes Enfants du Paradis\u003c\/em\u003e. The octave ‘at once same and different, like a waterfall’ suggests the verse form, as unvarying as Ravel’s \u003cem\u003eBolero\u003c\/em\u003e and orchestrated in two thousand tetrameters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ginninderra Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131301085424,"sku":"9781760414900","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781760414900_p0.jpg?v=1763706274","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781760414900","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}