{"product_id":"speaking-east-andrew-hussey-9781789144925","title":"Speaking East","description":"Isidore Isou was a young Jew in war-time Bucharest, and barely survived the Romanian Holocaust. He made his way to Paris where in 1945 he founded the avant-garde movement Lettrism, described as the missing link between Dada, Surrealism, Situationism and May ’68.   In Speaking East Andrew Hussey presents a colourful picture of the post-war Left Bank, where Lettrist fists flew in avant-garde punch-ups in Jazz clubs and cafés and Isou, as sexy and as charismatic as the young Elvis, gathered around him a group of hooligan disciples who argued, drank and had sex with the Parisian intellectual élite.   This is a vibrant account of the life and times of a pivotal figure in the history of the avant-garde.","brand":"Reaktion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50422136439072,"sku":"9781789144925","price":22.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781789144925.jpg?v=1781032562","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/speaking-east-andrew-hussey-9781789144925","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}