{"id":18029,"title":"Goose of Hermogenes","dimensions":"19.8 x 12.9 cm, 115 p., language : English, publisher : Peter Owen Publishers, London, 2003, ISBN : 0-7206-1177-6","date_begin":"1961-01-01","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 2029/9","stream_count_app":7,"permalink":"goose-of-hermogenes","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Ithell Colquhoun","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"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/000/039/479/large/20180201100501486_0001.jpg?1517476047","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe heroine of this story (described only as \u0026#39;I\u0026#39;) is compelled to visit a mysterious uncle who turns out to be a black magician who lords over a kind of Prospero\u0026#39;s Island that exists out of time and space. Startled by his bizarre behavior and odd nocturnal movements, she eventually learns that he is searching for the philosopher\u0026#39;s stone. When his sinister attentions fall upon the priceless jewel heirloom in her possession, bewilderment turns into stark terror and she realizes she must find a way off the island. An esoteric dreamworld fantasy composed of uncorrelated scenes and imagery mostly derived from medieval occult sources, \u003cem\u003eGoose of Hermogenes\u003c/em\u003e might be described as a gothic novel, an occult picaresque, or a surrealist fantasy. However one wants to approach this obscure tale, it remains today as vividly unforgettable and disturbing as when it was first published by Peter Owen in 1961.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.ithellcolquhoun.co.uk/goose.htm\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":""},{"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":3135,"name":"Ithell Colquhoun","category":{"en":"Author","nl":"Auteur","fr":"Auteur"}}]}