{"product_id":"nicolas-pages-9781635901948","title":"Nicolas Pages","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn ode to mad love, awarded the Prix de Flore in 1999.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in 1999 and awarded that year's Prix de Flore, \u003ci\u003eNicolas Pages\u003c\/i\u003e marks a departure from the Sadean preoccupations of Guillaume Dustan's first three novels; it is, in essence, a love story. Inspired by a failed romance with the Swiss artist-writer Nicolas Pages and collaging texts that Dustan initially produced for a wide variety of other occasions (magazine articles, short stories, project notes, shopping lists, and more), the \"auto-\/bio-\/porno-graphic\" prose of Nicolas Pages is by turns trashy and encyclopedic, corporeal and philosophical. Here Dustan inaugurates a \"gay literature\" that is no longer painful or shameful, but epicurean and cheerful without ever lapsing into idealism. A vibrant plea for gay rights and a tapestried text that is more than the sum of its many styles, \u003ci\u003eNicolas Pages\u003c\/i\u003e is a call to explore the body, sexuality, and writing in all their variety; it is a hymn to life, humanity, pleasure, and desire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGuillaume Dustan (1965-2005) worked as an administrative judge in France before turning to writing full-time. He is the author of eight books, including the award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eNicolas Pages\u003c\/i\u003e. He was posthumously awarded the Prix Sade in 2013.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Semiotext(e)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626246607122,"sku":"9781635901948","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_15d47b0d-75d1-4886-af72-4a3a5e89f759.jpg?v=1732652159","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nicolas-pages-9781635901948","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}