{"product_id":"saint-sebastians-abyss-mark-haber-paperback","title":"Saint Sebastian's Abyss -- Mark Haber, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\"What I wanted more than anything was to be standing beside Schmidt, in concert with Schmidt, at the foot of \u003ci\u003eSaint Sebastian's Abyss\u003c\/i\u003e along with Schmidt, hands cupped to the sides of our faces, debating art, transcendence, and the glory of the apocalypse.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFormer best friends who built their careers writing about a single work of art meet after a decades-long falling-out. One of them, called to the other's deathbed for unknown reasons by a \"relatively short\" nine-page email, spends his flight to Berlin reflecting on Dutch Renaissance painter Count Hugo Beckenbauer and his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eSaint Sebastian's Abyss\u003c\/i\u003e, the work that established both men as important art critics and also destroyed their relationship. A darkly comic meditation on art, obsession, and the enigmatic power of friendship, \u003ci\u003eSaint Sebastian's Abyss\u003c\/i\u003e stalks the museum halls of Europe, feverishly seeking salvation, annihilation, and the meaning of belief.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mark Haber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.7\" H x 5\" L x 0.7\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781566896368\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779804299563,"sku":"9781566896368","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9781566896368.jpg?v=1774774104","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/saint-sebastians-abyss-mark-haber-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}