{"product_id":"erik-satie-three-piece-suite-us-edition-semiotext","title":"Erik Satie Three Piece Suite [US edition]","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"summary\" class=\"entry-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA biography in the form of a pear? A portrait made with the lines of a score?? A vexated book???\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComposer, pianist and writer Erik Satie was one of the great figures of Belle Époque Paris. Known for his unvarying image of bowler hat, three-piece suit and umbrella, Satie was a surrealist before Surrealism and a conceptual artist before Conceptual Art. Friend of Cocteau and Debussy, Picabia and Picasso, Satie was always a few steps ahead of his peers at the apex of modernism. There’s scarcely a turn in postwar music, both classical and popular, that Satie doesn’t anticipate. Moving from the variety shows of Montmartre’s Le Chat Noir to suburban Arcueil, from the Parisian demi-monde to the artistic avant-garde, cult critic Ian Penman’s masterful \u003cem\u003eErik Satie Three Piece Suite\u003c\/em\u003e is an exhilarating and playful three part study of this elusive and endlessly fascinating figure, published to mark the centenary of Satie’s death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[publisher's note]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Semiotext(e)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57358182449492,"sku":"A8B-35755","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/9609\/6596\/files\/satiesemio.jpg?v=1790814381","url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/erik-satie-three-piece-suite-us-edition-semiotext","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}