[{"id":7399,"title":"The Strange Case of Mademoiselle P.","dimensions":"19.7 x 12.9 cm, 228 p, language: English, publisher: London: Arcadia Books Ltd., ISBN 1-900850-67-2","date_begin":"1992-01-01","material":"ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2025/541","stream_count_app":13,"permalink":"the-strange-case-of-mademoiselle-p","description_ru":null,"description_de":null,"description_es":null,"description_el":null,"short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/016/871/large/Untitled239.jpg?1367317234","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA ","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;In this mysterious and haunting novel of eighteenth-century Vienna Brian O\u0026#39;Doherty takes the reader from the hushed clinic of the controversial physician Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer to the glittering and scheming Habsburg court of Maria Theresa of Austria. \u003cem\u003eThe Strange Case of Mademoiselle P. \u003c/em\u003eis a book of music, psychology and history, a fictional account of Dr. Mesmer, celebrated for his discovery of animal magnetism, which proved effective in the cure of many illnesses. We find the doctor in his clinic where he has just taken on a new patient, eighteenth-year-old Marie Therese Paradies, who has been blind since the age of three. A gifted pianist, Marie Therese is protected by the patronage of the empress for whom she plays often at court where her father, Josef von Paradies, is imperial secretary. As the thriller-like narrative unfolds through the three voices of Dr. Mesmer, Marie Therese Paradies and Josef von Paradies, a gripping tale of good versus evil, of intrigue in high places, begins to emerge. It is the brilliant Age of the Enlightenment; and we hear the music of Mozart, catch the rustle of silken gowns, and eavesdrop on talk of war and annexation, Benjamin Franklin and Frederick the Great of Prussia, and the crafty foreign minister, Count Kaunitz. \u003cem\u003eThe Strange Case of Mademoiselle P. \u003c/em\u003e is a triumphant and compelling work, a story flawlessly composed and quietly erotic.\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Deze mysterieuze en beklijvende roman van Brian O\u0026rsquo;Doherty speelt zich af in het Wenen van de achttiende eeuw: van het macabere kabinet van dokter Franz Anton Mesmer tot de pompeuze wereld vol intriges van Maria Theresia van Oostenrijk aan het Habsburgse hof. \u003cem\u003eThe Strange Case of Mademoiselle P. \u003c/em\u003e is een boek over muziek, psychologie en geschiedenis, verteld aan de hand van fictieve gebeurtenissen rond dokter Mesmer. Hij staat bekend voor zijn ontdekking van dierlijk magnetisme, dat een effectieve therapie blijkt te zijn voor tal van ziektes. Als we de dokter in zijn ziekenhuis ontmoeten, is er net een nieuwe pati\u0026euml;nt: Marie Therese Paradies is achttien jaar oud, maar al blind sinds peutertijd. Doordat Marie Therese een talentvolle pianiste is, die vaak aan het hof mag spelen, geniet ze bescherming van de keizerin. Bovendien werkt haar vader, Josef von Paradies, als hooggeplaatste secretaris aan het hof. Deze drie personages \u0026ndash; dokter Mesmer, Marie Therese Paradies en Josef von Paradies \u0026ndash; nemen ons mee in een aangrijpend verhaal over goed en kwaad, dat door de samenzweringen aan het Habsburgse huis een heuse thriller wordt. Het is de tijd van de Verlichting en tussen flarden Mozart horen we het geritsel van zijden jurken en gekonkelfoes over oorlogsdreiging en annexatie. Het is het tijdperk van Benjamin Franklin, Frederik de Grote van Pruisen en de sluwe buitenlandpolitiek van kanselier Kaunitz. \u003cem\u003eThe Strange Case of Mademoiselle P. \u003c/em\u003e is een triomfantelijk en meeslepend verhaal, vlot verteld en af en toe licht erotisch.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":7402,"title":"The Deposition of Father McGreevy","dimensions":"19.6 x 12.9 cm, 314 p, language: English, publisher: London: Arcadia Books Ltd., ISBN 1-900850-68-0","date_begin":"1999-01-01","material":"ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2025/542","stream_count_app":14,"permalink":"the-deposition-of-father-mcgreevy","description_ru":null,"description_de":null,"description_es":null,"description_el":null,"short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/016/872/large/Untitled221.jpg?1367317533","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Deposition of Father McGreevy\u003c/em\u003e is a story of a remote mountain village in Kerry, Ireland, where the women mysteriously die and a gripping exploration of both the locus of misfortune and the nature of evil. Rich in the details of Irish lore and life, its narrative evokes both a time and a place with the accuracy of a keen, unsentimental eye, and renders its characters with heartfelt depth and as World War II rages through Europe. Father McGreevy struggles to preserve what remains of his parish. In the fictive memoir the village\u0026#39;s priest recounts the macabre events that began with the swift deaths of six women in the winter of 1939, and ended with the village deserted, himself defrocked, others dead, rumors of men copulating with beasts and a man charged with murdering his own son. Father McGreevy vows to be \u0026quot;as honest as I can in this deposition, and the word can\u0026#39;t help but bring to mind the Deposition of Our Lord Himself from the Cross.\u0026quot; Trying to explain what he has seen, he draws on Catholic theology, Irish history and folklore and Irish-language literature. O\u0026#39;Doherty works overtime with local color, pathos and religious symbolism in this elaborately constructed homage and elegy to rural, Gaelic Ireland.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/jul/21/nicholaslezard\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Deposition of Father McGreevy\u003c/em\u003e speelt zich af in een afgelegen bergdorpje in Kerry, Ierland, waar enkele vrouwen mysterieus overlijden. Het is een boeiende speurtocht naar zowel de plaats als de oorzaak van de ellende. Het verhaal is tot in de details doorspekt met Ierse tradities en gewoontes en wekt een tijd en een plaats terug tot leven met de nauwkeurigheid van een scherpe, rationele blik, terwijl de Tweede Wereldoorlog door Europa raast. De personages krijgen een diepe authenticiteit, zo ook pastoor McGreevy, die vecht voor wat nog overblijft van zijn parochie. In de fictieve memoires van de dorpspastoor doen we de ene macabere ontdekking na de andere, beginnend met de plotse dood van zes vrouwen in de winter van 1939 en eindigend met een verlaten dorp: hijzelf is ondertussen uitgetreden en vele parochianen zijn dood. Een vader is aangeklaagd voor de moord op zijn eigen zoon en er doen wel meer geruchten de ronde: van mannen die copuleren met wilde dieren. Pastoor McGreevy zweert dat hij \u0026ldquo;zo eerlijk als mogelijk getuigt van dit lijden, dat zonder twijfel het beeld oproept van het lijden van de Heer bij de kruisafneming\u0026rdquo;. De pastoor probeert de gebeurtenissen te verklaren aan de hand van theologie, Ierse geschiedenis en folklore, en Ierse literatuur. O\u0026rsquo;Doherty draait hier op volle toeren: met veel couleur locale, pathos en religieuze symboliek schetst hij een uitvoerige hulde, maar ook treurzang aan zijn rustieke, Keltische Ierland.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/jul/21/nicholaslezard\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":9585,"title":"The Crossdresser's Secret","dimensions":"19.8 x 13 cm, 473 p., language: English, publisher: Sternberg Press Berlin, ISBN 9783943365962","date_begin":"2014-01-01","material":"ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2026/123","stream_count_app":11,"permalink":"the-crossdresser-s-secret","description_ru":null,"description_de":null,"description_es":null,"description_el":null,"short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/020/835/large/Untitled014.jpg?1393413659","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--[if gte mso 9]\u003e\u003cxml\u003e\r\n \u003co:DocumentProperties\u003e\r\n  \u003co:Version\u003e14.00\u003c/o:Version\u003e\r\n \u003c/o:DocumentProperties\u003e\r\n \u003co:OfficeDocumentSettings\u003e\r\n  \u003co:TargetScreenSize\u003e800x600\u003c/o:TargetScreenSize\u003e\r\n \u003c/o:OfficeDocumentSettings\u003e\r\n\u003c/xml\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe eighteenth century was an era of violent contrasts and radical change, intellectual brilliance and war, spies and diplomatic intrigue, elegance and cruelty. One of the century\u0026rsquo;s most mysterious figures was the Chevalier d\u0026rsquo;Eon, who lived as both man and woman, French spy and European celebrity. Written from the perspective of this historical figure, the novel by Brian O\u0026rsquo;Doherty\u0026mdash;artist and author of, among others, the critical milestone \u003cem\u003eInside the White Cube\u003c/em\u003e and the Booker Prize-shortlisted \u003cem\u003eThe Deposition of Father McGreevy\u003c/em\u003e\u0026mdash;reveals d\u0026rsquo;Eon\u0026rsquo;s radical modernity, certified by his attitudes to gender and his examination of his own nature. He ponders the social determinants of sexual identity and studies the manners and conventions governing discourse between the sexes. At the same time, as diplomat and spy, he is involved in the power politics of nations. The novel holds close to historical facts and reproduces some of d\u0026rsquo;Eon\u0026rsquo;s comments as recorded in his voluminous journals. Apparently his life did not become real to him until he had rehearsed it in writing.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.sternberg-press.com/index.php%3FpageId%3D1466%26bookId%3D360%26l%3Den\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":""},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]}]