{"product_id":"the-bars-of-atlantis-selected-essays-paperback","title":"The Bars of Atlantis: Selected Essays - 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\u003eDurs Grünbein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Crutchfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAndrew Shields\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis landmark collection of essays by one of the world's greatest living authors makes Durs Grünbein's wide-ranging and multifaceted prose available in English for the first time, and is a welcome complement to \u003ci\u003eAshes for Breakfast\u003c\/i\u003e, his first book-length collection of poetry in English.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCovering two decades, \u003ci\u003eThe Bars of Atlantis \u003c\/i\u003eunfurls the entire breadth and depth of Grünbein's essayistic genius. Memoiristic and autobiographical pieces that introduce Grünbein, the man and the author, and tell the story of the making of a poet and thinker toward the end of a century marked by global political strife, unprecedented human suffering, long decades of totalitarian rule, and, in its final quarter, the dawn of a new, post-Cold War world order; essays that focus on Grünbein's major philosophical and aesthetic concerns, such as the intersection of art and science, literature and biology; extended reflections on the existential, cultural, political, and ethical import of the poet's craft in the contemporary world; and, finally, explorations of the meaning of classical antiquity for the present--all contribute to making.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43778595815487,"sku":"9780374611682","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/samiestore.shop\/products\/the-bars-of-atlantis-selected-essays-paperback","provider":"Samie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}