{"product_id":"experts-are-puzzled-by-laura-riding","title":"‘Experts Are Puzzled’ by Laura Riding","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published in 1930, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExperts Are Puzzled\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a peculiar and difficult-to-classify collection of fables, philosophical prose and experimental fiction by Laura Riding, the American modernist poet who would eventually renounce poetry altogether. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe stories operate through weird and eerie repetitions, reversals and revelations. In ‘The Fable of the Dice’, a town facing certain destruction chooses to debate its fate rather than enjoy its remaining time. Elsewhere, apparently simple accounts of goodness, social convention and human behaviour unravel into philosophical problems. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRiding is circular and argumentative, often resembling thought experiments disguised as fairy tales. Beneath the humour is a sustained suspicion of received wisdom, intellectual authority and the comforting certainty of explanation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUgly Duckling Presse, 2018. First edition, first printing of this reissue, from the Lost Literature series (No. 19). Paperback, with an introduction by Mark Jacobs and George Fragopoulos. Very good condition, with light surface wear to the covers and clean interior pages.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67943419117651,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/CopyofCopyofCopyofhowtodestroythefutureinstagramassets_41.png?v=1793150174","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/experts-are-puzzled-by-laura-riding","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}