{"product_id":"time","title":"Time","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn our recent artist’s book exhibition, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, we explored why William S. Burroughs’s novel continues to exert a peculiar magnetism over artists and bibliophiles alike.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1962, stung by a hostile review published in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Burroughs responded not with a rebuttal but through an act of artistic détournement. Published by C Press, his altered version of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e lay somewhere between an artist’s book and a political pamphlet: a fractured publication in which the logic of the cut-up method became a critical tool in its own right. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiscover more about the mystique surrounding Burroughs’s collectibles, and how the author himself found his way into the world of artist’s books, in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexhibition catalogue, available in our EXHIBITIONS section.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metabooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55364355195219,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/8898\/6963\/files\/DSC4660.png?v=1791961063","url":"https:\/\/metabooks.art\/products\/time","provider":"Metabooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}