Description
| Product ID: | 9780571206650 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Houdini's Box |
| Subtitle: | The Art of Escape |
| Authors: | Author: Adam Phillips |
| Page Count: | 176 |
| Subjects: | Biography: general, Biography: general |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This text explores the lives of four different escape artists: a little girl playing her own wayward version of hide and seek; Harry Houdini who electrifies the world through a series of escapes; a man always in flight from women; and Emily Dickinson who spends her life in solitary confinement. In his most captivating book to date, Adam Phillips explores mankind''s on-going fascination with ideas of escape. Taking as his starting point the life and works of Harry Houdini - ''the greatest magician the world has ever seen'' - he considers why some people might become compulsive escape artists, whereas others appear to find freedom in self-imposed confinement. |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2002-11-18 |