{"product_id":"1913-the-year-before-the-storm","title":"1913: The Year Before the Storm","description":"An International Bestseller\n\n“An absolute gem of a book.” —The Observer\n\nJust before one of its darkest moments came the twentieth century’s most exciting year . . .\n\nIt was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt in his car factory, and the year Louis Armstrong first picked up a trumpet. It was the year Charlie Chaplin signed his first movie contract, and Coco Chanel and Prada opened their first dress shops. It was the year Proust began his opus, Stravinsky wrote The Rite of Spring, and the first Armory Show in New York introduced the world to Picasso and the world of abstract art. It was the year the recreational drug now known as ecstasy was invented.\n\nIt was 1913, the year before the world plunged into the catastrophic darkness of World War I.\n\nIn a witty yet moving narrative that progresses month by month through the year, and is interspersed with numerous photos and documentary artifacts (such as Kafka’s love letters), Florian Illies ignores the conventions of the stodgy tome so common in “one year” histories. Forefronting cultural matters as much as politics, he delivers a charming and riveting tale of a world full of hope and unlimited possibility, peopled with amazing characters and radical politics, bristling with new art and new technology . . . even as ominous storm clouds began to gather.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 161219351X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.161219351X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Searle, Jamie Lee|Whiteside, Shaun|Illies, Florian\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41445141512250,"sku":"DBV.161219351X.G","price":6.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/161219351X-0.jpg?v=1780686915","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/1913-the-year-before-the-storm","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}