{"product_id":"masters-and-servants-9780300180695","title":"Masters and Servants","description":"One of Pierre Michon's most powerful works, this book imagines decisive moments in the lives of five artists of different times and places: Vincent van Gogh, Francisco Goya, Antoine Watteau, Claude Lorrain, and Lorentino, a little-remembered disciple of Piero della Francesca. Michon focuses on particular moments when artist and model collide, whether that model is a person or a landscape, inner or outer. In the five separate tales he evokes the full passion of the artist's struggle to capture the world in images even as the world resists capture. Each story is a small masterpiece that transcends national boundaries and earns its place among the essential works of world literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePierre Michon\u003c\/b\u003e is an author of high acclaim in France and Europe. He was winner of the Prix France Culture in 1984 for his first book, \u003ci\u003eSmall Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, and of the 1996 Prix de la Ville de Paris for his body of work. He lives in France. \u003cb\u003eWyatt Mason\u003c\/b\u003e, a contributing writer for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eand a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eHarper's, \u003c\/i\u003e has translated writing by Pierre Michon, Eric Chevillard, Michel de Montaigne, and Arthur Rimbaud. He teaches at Bard College.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844264694034,"sku":"9780300180695","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_19f3b90b-b527-4aa1-be6a-60b98478b079.jpg?v=1737315229","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/masters-and-servants-9780300180695","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}