{"product_id":"hearing-trumpet","title":"Hearing Trumpet","description":"\u003cp\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALI SMITH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA classic of fantastic literature, Leonora Carrington''s \u003ci\u003eThe Hearing Trumpet\u003c\/i\u003e is the occult twin to \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland, \u003c\/i\u003epublished with an introduction by Ali Smith in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the first things ninety-two-year-old Marian Leatherby overhears when she is given an ornate hearing trumpet is her family plotting to commit her to an institution. Soon, she finds herself trapped in a sinister retirement home, where the elderly must inhabit buildings shaped like igloos and birthday cakes, endure twisted religious preaching and eat in a canteen overlooked by the mysterious portrait of a leering Abbess. But when another resident secretly hands Marian a book recounding the life of the Abbess, a joyous and brilliantly surreal adventure begins to unfold. Written in the early 1960s, \u003ci\u003eThe Hearing Trumpet \u003c\/i\u003eremains one of the most original and inspirational of all fantastic novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeonora Carrington (1917-2011) was a British born Surrealist painter and writer described, alongside people such as Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro, as one of the leading lights of the Surrealist movement. Born in Lancashire to a strict Catholic family, she first came into contact with surrealism through her lover, Surrealist painter Max Ernst, before moving to Mexico in 1942. \u003ci\u003eThe Hearing Trumpet\u003c\/i\u003e, her most famous piece of writing, was first published in France in 1974.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eThe Hearing Trumpet\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Fernando Pessoa''s \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Disquiet\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Modern Classics\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Reading \u003ci\u003eThe Hearing Trumpet\u003c\/i\u003e liberates us from the miserable reality of our days'' \u003cbr\u003eLuis Buñuel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of the most original, joyful, satisfying and quietly visionary novels of the twentieth century''\u003cbr\u003eAli Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''This book is so inspiring...I love its freedom, its humour and how it invents its own laws. What specifically do I take from her? Her wig''\u003cbr\u003eBjörk\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316586488190,"sku":"NW9780141187990","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141187990.jpg?v=1778234701","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/hearing-trumpet","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}