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Overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, a foreigner takes a weekend break and discovers something other than solitude in the mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarking Christopher Green’s debut adult fiction and inspired by his own experiences, these whimsical slice-of-life tales are full of heart and humour — perfect for fans of \u003cem\u003eConvenience Store Woman\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBefore the Coffee Gets Cold\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44203449745586,"sku":"9781915584311","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781915584311_d13d0093-0082-4720-8a40-a5ec13bfa2e7.jpg?v=1786030385"},{"product_id":"9781350453531","title":"Cubism and Reality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2026 PROSE Award Finalist in Art History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat was Cubism? How did this strange new way of making paintings and sculptures enable artists so decisively to change the trajectory of ‘Modern Art’?\u003c\/b\u003e In responding to these questions, distinguished art historian Christopher Green presents a bold new interpretation of the movement and three of its key protagonists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStemming from a critical re-evaluation of the author’s own first responses to Cubist artworks, as a student of the late artist and critic John Golding, \u003ci\u003eCubism and Reality\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the commonly-held view of Cubism as either a retreat from reality into abstraction, or an invitation to convert the real into the ‘surreal’, arguing instead that Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, and Juan Gris wanted, above all, to find ways of intensifying and expanding painting’s capacity to give viewers \u003ci\u003emore\u003c\/i\u003e, not less, of their lived experience of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLavishly illustrated and filled with rich new insights and approaches to the artwork that are the product of decades’ worth of research, Green argues that, for the three artists, ‘reality’ was not objectively always there, but was created by their own perceptions, and could be transformed by their imaginations.  The artwork becomes not merely a dead material fact, but somewhere into which wishes, lived experiences and memories can enter – ours, over a century later, as well as theirs.  Green explores how Cubist artworks ask us to reflect in far-reaching ways on visual art’s relationship to everyday visual experience and questions how it is that we still believe that drawings, paintings and sculptures can represent the world as we see and know it. 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Moving between offices, apartments, streets and late-night eateries, these stories capture moments of connection and alienation, intimacy and misunderstanding. A chance encounter, an awkward social exchange, or a seemingly trivial decision can tip ordinary lives into unexpected territory. Beneath the humour and lightness runs a deeper current of loneliness, desire and the strange rituals that shape modern existence.   By turns playful and dark, Takoyaki Tales blends realism with subtle surrealism, offering an outsider’s eye on urban life while revealing universal human anxieties. Wry, observant and deeply humane, this is a collection about the stories we tell ourselves to get through the day, and the small moments that linger long after.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57487781233013,"sku":"9781806770670","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781806770670.jpg?v=1786355005"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-christopher-green.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}