{"product_id":"gone-but-not-forgotten-my-favourite-flops-and-other-projects-that-came-to-nothing-hardcover","title":"Gone But Not Forgotten: My Favourite Flops and Other Projects That Came to Nothing - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHans Magnus Enzensberger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMike Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Germany's greatest living writers offers up an analysis (and samples) of his failed projects.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"My dear fellow artists, whether writers, actors, painters, film-makers, singers, sculptors, or composers, why are you so reluctant to talk about your minor or major failures?\" With that question, Hans Magnus Enzensberger--the most senior among Germany's great writers--begins his amusing ruminations on his favorite projects that never saw the light of day. There is enlightenment in every embarrassing episode, he argues, and while artists tend to forget their successes quickly, the memory of a project that came to nothing stays in the mind for years, if not decades. Triumphs hold no lessons for us, but fiascos can extend our understanding, giving insight into the conditions of production, conventions, and practices of the industries concerned, and helping novices to assess the snares and minefields in the industry of their choice. What's more, Enzensberger argues, flops have a therapeutic effect: They can cure, or at least alleviate, the vocational illnesses of authors, be it the loss of control or megalomania. In \u003ci\u003eGone but Not Forgotten\u003c\/i\u003e, Enzensberger looks back at his uncompleted experiments not just in the world of books but also in cinema, theater, opera, and journal publishing, and shares with us a \"store of ideas\" teeming with sketches of still-possible projects. He also reflects on the likely reasons for these big and small defeats. Interspersed among his ruminations are excerpts from those experiments, giving readers a taste of what we missed. Together, the pieces in this volume build a remarkable picture of a versatile genius's range of work over more than half a century and make us reflect on the very nature of success and failure by which we measure our lives.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHans Magnus Enzensberger\u003c\/b\u003e, often considered Germany's most important living poet, is also the editor of the book series \u003ci\u003eDie Andere Bibliothek\u003c\/i\u003e and the founder of the monthly \u003ci\u003eTransAtlantik\u003c\/i\u003e. Seagull Books has published many of his books, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eTumult\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePanopticon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnarchy's Brief Summer\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eMike Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e has worked as a literary translator since 1995. He was awarded the 1998 Schlegel-Tieck Prize for his translation of Herbert Rosendorfer's \u003ci\u003eLetters Back to Ancient China\u003c\/i\u003e. For Seagull Books, he has translated works by Ingeborg Bachmann, Max Frisch, Hans Magnus Enzensberger and Peter Handke, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766754181408,"sku":"9780857429773","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/da6a405866312890f2227d331c730a26.webp?v=1780298205","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/gone-but-not-forgotten-my-favourite-flops-and-other-projects-that-came-to-nothing-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}