{"product_id":"living-tissue-10x10-paperback","title":"Living Tissue, 10x10 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmilian Galaicu-Paun\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlistair Ian Blyth\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith each chapter embodying a separate Commandment, \u003ci\u003eLiving Tissue, 10x10\u003c\/i\u003e is both a Decalogue and a ribald, exuberant, deliriously inventive postmodern \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e, which covers four decades in the life of the protagonist, unfolding against the backdrop of Soviet and post-communist Moldova, from the untimely death of Yuri Gagarin in 1968 to the so-called \"twitter revolution\" of 2009.\u003c\/b\u003e Tens of tragical, comical, fantastical, historical tales intertwine, punctuated by the endless upheavals suffered by twentieth-century Moldova. But the narrative also takes euphoric flight, in episodes that travel as far afield as Paris, Moscow, and Tibet. In \u003ci\u003eLiving Tissue. 10x10\u003c\/i\u003e, Emilian Galaicu-Păun engages in literary origami, bending and blending together real and fictional worlds, abolishing up and down, here and there, past and present, as if in an Escher engraving, alternating narrative techniques, braiding myth, history and literary allusion, transgressing the boundaries of languages and cultures to create a rapturously intricate novel in ten dimensions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 346\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 18, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760040542496,"sku":"9781628973389","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b54661b4b856d1f686f87538c8d619c5.webp?v=1780169756","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/living-tissue-10x10-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}