{"product_id":"grooks-2-9780385041447","title":"Grooks 2","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrooks 2\u003c\/strong\u003e by Piet Hein. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9780385041447.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the publisher: \"What in the world is a Grook? A grook is a short, aphoristic poem, accompanied by an appropriate drawing, revealing in a minimum of words and with a minimum of lines some basic truth about the human condition. Grooks were created originally during the Nazi occupation of Denmark. They began life as a sort of underground language just out of reach of the understanding of the Germans. They have since become one of the most widely read forms of composition in the Scandinavian - and English - languages. Grooks are the product of one of the most ingenious minds of this or any other century. A Danish scientist turned poet, Piet Hein has published longer poems, fiction, drama and essays; he has designed a rectangular oval, the Super-Ellipse, used in the new Stockholm city center and other cities; he has invented games, the newest of which, SOMA and the Super-Egg, have just been released by Parker Brothers to the delight of hundreds of thousands. What in the world is a grook? Look inside and see for yourself; but beware: you are about to become a grookaddict, a happy victim of one of the most relaxing pleasures available in this nervous world....\" The first Grooks book was originally published in the US by M.I.T. Press in 1966.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Doubleday","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44989284352053,"sku":"ByrdShop_0385041446","price":60.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780385041447_e88e6f86-948e-468f-a17c-8806e7edfdc6.jpg?v=1778785676","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/grooks-2-9780385041447","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}