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Scope and Contents This book was given to the Sackners by Jindrich Toman, a cousin of a friend of the Sackners, Robert Bovet.Book Descrption: "Czech poet and photographer Jindrich Heisler (1914--1953) joined the Czech Surrealist Group in 1938, just as Nazi occupation of the country was driving the movement and Czech artists underground. Heisler published his first book of poetry a year later. In his brief and courageous career"”Heisler died suddenly at the age of thirty-eight"”he produced some of the most remarkable assemblage work of the Surrealist movement, including what is arguably the single-most important photobook produced in the 20th century, From the Strongholds of Sleep (1940-41).This gorgeously illustrated volume"”with eighty color images of Heisler's assemblage pieces"”introduces English-speaking audiences to his work, translating many of his writings for the first time and offering in-depth analysis of his postwar years in Paris in the company of Andre Breton, Benjamin Peret, the...