{"product_id":"erik-satie-three-piece-suite-9781635902532","title":"Erik Satie Three Piece Suite","description":"\u003cb\u003eA masterful study of the elusive French composer, on the centenary of his death.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComposer, pianist, and writer Erik Satie was one of the great figures of Belle ?poque Paris. Known for his unvarying image of bowler hat, three-piece suit, and umbrella, Satie was a surrealist before surrealism and a conceptual artist before conceptual art. Friend of Cocteau and Debussy, Picabia and Picasso, Satie was always a few steps ahead of his peers at the apex of modernism. There's scarcely a turn in postwar music, both classical and popular, that Satie doesn't anticipate. Moving from the variety shows of Montmartre's Le Chat Noir to suburban Arcueil, from the Parisian demimonde to the artistic avant-garde, cult critic Ian Penman's masterful \u003ci\u003eErik Satie Three Piece Suite\u003c\/i\u003e is an exhilarating and playful three-part study of this elusive and endlessly fascinating figure, published to mark the centenary of Satie's death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIan Penman is a British writer, music journalist, and critic. He began his career at the NME in 1977, later contributing to various publications including \u003ci\u003eThe Face\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArena\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTatler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUncut\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSight \u0026amp; Sound\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCity Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the collections \u003ci\u003eVital Signs: Music, Movies, and Other Manias\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) and \u003ci\u003eIt Gets Me Home, This Curving Track\u003c\/i\u003e (2019). His first original book, \u003ci\u003eFassbinder Thousands of Mirrors\u003c\/i\u003e (Semiotext(e), 2023), won the RSL Ondaatje Prize for Literature and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography in 2024.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Semiotext(e)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51276841091346,"sku":"9781635902532","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a6226944-a94f-4f61-aed3-c1f693b43dfe.jpg?v=1747142017","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/erik-satie-three-piece-suite-9781635902532","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}