{"product_id":"the-end-of-imagination","title":"The End of Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"readonlyText multiple\"\u003eArgentinian artist Adrian Villár Rojas’s artist’s book\u003cem\u003e The End of Imagination\u003c\/em\u003e, a dystopian graphic novel, weaves together three stories: \u003cem\u003eThe Last American\u003c\/em\u003e, a futuristic novel by John Ames Mitchell from 1889; “The Last Joke on Earth,” an essay about the end of the world that Rojas himself wrote in 2011; and images taken from the 1928 animated short \u003cem\u003eSteamboat Willie\u003c\/em\u003e, the first Mickey Mouse film to be set to music. This montage of literature and cartoon pictures takes readers on a journey in the company of a hand-drawn Mickey Mouse, navigating the margins of a photocopied edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Last American\u003c\/em\u003e, while the story of the last humans on earth unfolds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"readonlyText multiple\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Last American\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSteamboat Willie\u003c\/em\u003e have something in common: both are out of copyright, which means that they have become a commodity. The artist’s book thus also examines how we can continue working with the wealth of material that has already been produced.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"readonlyText multiple\"\u003e[publisher's note]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spector Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57358071234900,"sku":"A8B-34315","price":27.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/9609\/6596\/files\/The_20end_20of_20imagination.jpg?v=1790813971","url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/the-end-of-imagination","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}