{"product_id":"the-donkey-field-9781912458165","title":"The Donkey Field","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThe Donkey Field connects a racist attack on a young boy to the persecution of Marie and Balthazar in Au Hasard Balthazar, highlighting the relevance of the boy's story to other displacement and persecution stories. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 31 May 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: The Everyday Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Donkey Field, a novel by Sarah Dobais, connects a racist attack on a young boy to the story of persecution in the acclaimed film Au Hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966). The book incorporates a text based on sections of a memoir of Budapest in 1944 and scenes that re-enact and reframe Bresson's allegorical tale about the scapegoating of innocent subjects. The film was partly shot on the streets of present-day Budapest, under a regime criticized for its anti-immigrant policies and harsh treatment of refugees. The Donkey Field highlights the relevance of the boy's story to other recent stories of displacement and persecution. The black-and-white book adopts the format of a photo novella and subtly references a 1952 book by Jacques Prevert that also features a donkey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781912458165\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarah Dobai","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44093543317754,"sku":"9781912458165","price":16.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/noImage_1_3a113e09-0e67-4eff-9e6f-6134e5362c14.jpg?v=1658941149","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-donkey-field-9781912458165","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}