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48%OFFRobert Gal - On Wing - 9781628970647 - 9781628970647
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On Wing

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Description for On Wing Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150.
On Wing, the first published work of fiction by the Slovak poet-philosopher Robert Gal, is a constellation of hundreds of aphorisms, dreams, anecdotes, and inquiries, all written in a restless, searching, "improvisational" prose whose techniques reflect those of Bernhard, Nietzsche, and Kierkegaard, not to mention the saxophonist and composer John Zorn, who makes a brief cameo as a character.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781628970647
SKU
9781628970647
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Ref
99-1

About Robert Gal
Róbert Gál was born in 1968 in Bratislava, Slovakia, and, after a period of study and itinerancy in New York, Jerusalem, and Berlin, currently resides in Prague. He is the author of several books of aphorisms and philosophical fragments, one of which, Signs & Symptoms, is available in English translation. On Wing, the author’s first work of fiction, was published ... Read more

Reviews for On Wing
"The Czech Cioran..." - Andrei Codrescu "Gál's aphorisms combine incisive question-raising and gently troubling images involving Time, God... and existential self-awareness." -Antioch Review "Gál is a phenomenon unto himself: a purveyor of neurotic philosophy encapsulated in elliptical portents and epifragmentals, the content of which is at all odds with their ... Read more

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