{"id":5320,"title":"Memphis Underground","dimensions":"19.8 x 12.9 cm, 309 p, language: English, publisher: Snowbooks Ltd, London, ISBN: 978-1905005420","date_begin":"2007-01-01","material":"ink, paper","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 2024/851","stream_count_app":30,"permalink":"memphis-underground","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Stewart Home","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/010/658/large/Artistnovel_074.jpg?1342081278","poster_credits":"(c)M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSent to a remote Scottish community to pose as its artist-in-residence, the narrator of Stewart Home's provocative novel discovers an undercurrent of corruption, wife-swapping and military secrets. Meanwhile in London a counter-narrative revolves around pubs, clubs, fights and feuds; making money, selling souls, trying to break on through. A satire on contemporary art; a hymn to classic soul music; a meditation on celebrity; a deconstruction and rewriting of modern literature; \u003ci\u003eMemphis Underground\u003c/i\u003e is all this and more.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/luv/memphis.htm\"\u003eNovel website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e De verteller van deze provocatieve roman van Stewart Home wordt naar een afgelegen Schotse gemeenschap gestuurd om te dienen als een ‘artist-in-residence’. Hij ontdekt een onderstroom van corruptie, partnerruil en militaire geheimen. Ondertussen ontwikkelt zich in Londen een parallel verhaal rond pubs, clubs, gevechten en vetes: geld verdienen, zielen verkopen, proberen uit te breken. Wat dit is? Een satire op hedendaagse kunst; een hymne op klassieke soulmuziek; een meditatie op beroemdheid; een deconstructie en herschrijven van moderne literatuur; *Memphis Underground*. En veel meer. [Novel website](http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/luv/memphis.htm) [Novel website](http://www.snowbooks.com/memphisunderground/)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":1857,"name":"Stewart Home","category":{"en":"Author","nl":"Auteur","fr":"Auteur"}}]}