{"product_id":"one-way-street-and-other-writings-by-walter-benjamin-9780141189475","title":"One-Way Street and Other Writings","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Amit Chaudhuri; translated by J.A. Underwood\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWalter Benjamin - philosopher, essayist, literary and cultural theorist - was one of the most original writers and thinkers of the twentieth century. This new selection brings together Benjamin's major works, including \u003cem\u003eOne-Way Street\u003c\/em\u003e, his dreamlike, aphoristic observations of urban life in Weimar Germany; \u003cem\u003eUnpacking My Library\u003c\/em\u003e, a delightful meditation on book-collecting; the confessional \u003cem\u003eHashish in Marseille\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction\u003c\/em\u003e, his seminal essay on how technology changes the way we appreciate art. Also including writings on subjects ranging from Proust to Kafka, violence to surrealism, this is the essential volume on one of the most prescient critical voices of the modern age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eContains: \u003cem\u003eUnpacking My Library\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eOne-Way Street\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eBrief History of Photography\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eHashish in Marseille\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eOn the Critique of Violence\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Job of the Translator\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eSurrealism\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eFranz Kafka\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePicturing Proust\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46251249860844,"sku":"9780141189475","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780141189475.jpg?v=1741569610","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/one-way-street-and-other-writings-by-walter-benjamin-9780141189475","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}