{"product_id":"9781566896368","title":"Saint Sebastian's Abyss","description":"Author: Mark Haber\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781566896368\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 16 Aug 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 200\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"What I wanted more than anything was to be standing beside Schmidt, in concert with Schmidt, at the foot of\u003ci\u003eSaint Sebastian's Abyss\u003c\/i\u003e along with Schmidt, hands cupped to the sides of our faces, debating art, transcendence, and the glory of the apocalypse.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormer best friends who built their careers writing about a single work of art meet after a decades-long falling-out. One of them, called to the other's deathbed for unknown reasons by a \"relatively short\" nine-page email, spends his flight to Berlin reflecting on Dutch Renaissance painter Count Hugo Beckenbauer and his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eSaint Sebastian's Abyss\u003c\/i\u003e, the work that established both men as important art critics and also destroyed their relationship. A darkly comic meditation on art, obsession, and the enigmatic power of friendship, \u003ci\u003eSaint Sebastian's Abyss\u003c\/i\u003e stalks the museum halls of Europe, feverishly seeking salvation, annihilation, and the meaning of belief.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46830041890974,"sku":"ADS-9781566896368","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781566896368.jpg?v=1778558888","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781566896368","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}