{"product_id":"agnomia-paperback","title":"Agnomia - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRóbert Gál\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Short\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this miniature masterpiece, Róoacute;bert Gáaacute;l―whom Joshua Cohen has called \"a phenomenon\"―conducts a noble experiment in uncategorizable prose. One long, unbroken paragraph, blending memoir, fiction, and philosophy, \u003ci\u003eAgnomia\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader on a transcontinental journey from Lower Manhattan to the Little Quarter of Prague, but most of all it takes the reader on a tour of the writer's mind. Meditations on tautology, sexuality, and art culminate in an attentive evocation of a concert given by the composer and saxophonist John Zorn. For readers of Thomas Bernhard, Georges Bataille, and E. M. Cioran, \u003ci\u003eAgnomia\u003c\/i\u003e is a book to relish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRóbert Gál\u003c\/b\u003e is a Slovak-born writer and editor living in Prague. He is the author of several books of aphorisms, fiction, and philosophical fragments available in English translation, including \u003ci\u003eTractatus\u003c\/i\u003e (Schism Press, 2022), \u003ci\u003eNaked Thoughts\u003c\/i\u003e (Black Sun Lit, 2019), \u003ci\u003eAgnomia\u003c\/i\u003e (Dalkey Archive Press, 2018), \u003ci\u003eOn Wing\u003c\/i\u003e (Dalkey Archive Press, 2015), and \u003ci\u003eSigns \u0026amp; Symptoms\u003c\/i\u003e (Twisted Spoon Press, 2003). Find more on www.robert-gal.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Short\u003c\/b\u003e taught Czech and Slovak at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, from 1973 to 2011. In addition to academic books in the fields of art, literature, linguistics, and semantics, he has translated many works by modern Czech authors, above all, Bohumil Hrabal. In 2018 he received the Jiří Theiner Award, which recognizes those who significantly help spread and promote Czech literature abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 6.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267157672185,"sku":"9781628972795","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/JYWTZgDZHQ9781628972795.webp?v=1768862081","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/agnomia-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}