{"product_id":"sarah-dobai-the-donkey-field","title":"Sarah Dobai: The Donkey Field","description":"\u003cp\u003eSoftcover | 23 x 28 cm | 96 pp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_Default\"\u003eThe Everyday Press | 2022 | \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9781912458165\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSarah Dobai’s\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Donkey Field\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eweaves a link between a racist attack in on a young boy and the story of the persecution of Marie and Balthazar in the acclaimed film Au Hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe book features a text, based on sections of a memoir of Budapest in 1944 and scenes which re-enact and reframe Bresson’s allegorical story about the scapegoating of innocent subjects. Partly shot on the streets of present-day Budapest, under a regime criticised for its anti-immigrant policies and harsh treatment of refugees,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Donkey Field\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eunderlines the relevance of the boy’s story to other, more recent stories of displacement and persecution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe black and white book uses the format of a photo novella and loosely references a 1952 book by Jacques Prevert that also features a donkey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Everyday Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267683893506,"sku":"BK-EDP-SDTDF-001-S","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_0559_0f25ee21-fe6c-47f9-ae86-78fef5319a84.jpg?v=1774021890","url":"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/products\/sarah-dobai-the-donkey-field","provider":"Books About Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}