{"product_id":"the-whole-of-life-paperback","title":"The Whole of Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJurg Laederach\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey C. Howes\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\"I can assure you that no movie will ever achieve the speed of prose. Human beings just haven't realized that yet.\"\"--J?rg Laederach. With tongue resolutely in cheek, saxophonist, critic, poet, and one-time enfant terrible of Swiss literature J?rg Laederach here pursues the ambition of forcing all of human existence into a single novel. \"The Whole of Life\" tells the story of a man, Robert \"Bob\" Hecht, in three sections: \"Job,\" about work and looking for work; \"Wife,\" about sex during a bout of impotence; and \"Totems and Taboos,\" in which Bob himself ruminates on the limitlessness of human limitation. In \"Life,\" space is compressed to the suffocating dimensions of a single mind, while single moments are expanded cubistically into entire landscapes. Bodies are vivisected and reassembled, and language is invaded, exploded, and reassembled. \"The Whole of Life\" sees Laederach composing a novel by taking it apart as he goes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771506295072,"sku":"9781564789075","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e6724c586128786b3b5fec3b993ca884.webp?v=1780387807","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-whole-of-life-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}