{"product_id":"the-bars-of-atlantis-selected-essays-paperback","title":"The Bars of Atlantis: Selected Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDurs Gr?bein\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 Gr?bein'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 Gr?bein's essayistic genius. Memoiristic and autobiographical pieces that introduce Gr?bein, 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 Gr?bein'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.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759268266272,"sku":"9780374611682","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5bf925f5cbf3c0b1360c28dab7c80628.webp?v=1780147425","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-bars-of-atlantis-selected-essays-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}