{"product_id":"autoportrait-9781564787071","title":"Autoportrait","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this brilliant and sobering self-portrait, Édouard Levéeacute; hides nothing from his readers, setting out his entire life, more or less at random, in a string of declarative sentences. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAutoportrait\u003c\/i\u003e is a physical, psychological, sexual, political, and philosophical triumph. Beyond \"sincerity,\" Levé works toward an objectivity so radical it could pass for crudeness, triviality, even banality: the author has stripped himself bare. With the force of a set of maxims or morals, Levé's prose seems at first to be an autobiography without sentiment, as though written by a machine-until, through the accumulation of detail, and the author's dry, quizzical tone, we find ourselves disarmed, enthralled, and enraptured by nothing less than the perfect fiction... made entirely of facts. Shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉdouard Levé\u003c\/b\u003e (1965-2008), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a writer, photographer, and visual artist. Levé was the author of four books of writing \u003ci\u003eOeuvres\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAutoportrait\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSuicide \u003c\/i\u003eand three books of photography. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLorin Stein\u003c\/b\u003e is an American critic, editor, and translator. He was the editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review \u003c\/i\u003euntil 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50619299430674,"sku":"9781564787071","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_78b8f3f3-e6cb-468e-8cac-eee29e9d1d79.jpg?v=1732547724","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/autoportrait-9781564787071","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}