{"id":8217,"title":"The Hearing Trumpet","dimensions":"158 p, language: English, publisher: Routledge \u0026 Kegan Paul Ltd, ISBN: 978-0710086372","date_begin":"1977-01-01","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 2026/125","stream_count_app":14,"permalink":"the-hearing-trumpet","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"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/000/020/833/large/Untitled012.jpg?1393413537","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hearing Trumpet\u003c/em\u003e tells the story of 92-year-old Marian Leatherby, who is given the gift of a hearing trumpet only to discover that her family has been plotting to have her committed to an institution. But this is an institution where the buildings are shaped like birthday cakes and igloos, where the Winking Abbess and the Queen Bee reign, and where the gateway to the underworld is wide open. It is also the scene of a mysterious murder. Occult twin to \u003cem\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Hearing Trumpet\u003c/em\u003e is a classic of fantastic literature that has been translated and celebrated throughout the world.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/colloquy/download/colloquy_issue_20_december_2010/ochoa.pdf\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hearing Trumpet\u003c/em\u003e vertelt het verhaal van Marian Leatherby, een 92-jarige die een oortrompet cadeau krijgt, maar vervolgens ontdekt dat haar familie een complot smeedt om haar in een instelling te stoppen. Alleen is dit een instelling waar de gebouwen de vorm aannemen van verjaardagstaarten en iglo\u0026rsquo;s, waar de Winking Abbess en Queen Bee regeren, en waar de poort naar de onderwereld wijd open staat. Het is ook de plaats delict van een mysterieuze moord. Als occulte tweelingbroer van \u003cem\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c/em\u003e is \u003cem\u003eThe Hearing Trumpet\u003c/em\u003e een klassieker van fantastische literatuur die vertaald en jubelend onthaald werd in de hele wereld.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/colloquy/download/colloquy_issue_20_december_2010/ochoa.pdf\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"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":2077,"name":"Leonora  Carrington","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}