{"product_id":"bars-of-atlantis-durs-grnbein-9780374611682","title":"The Bars of Atlantis: Selected Essays","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Durs Gr?bein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374611688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374611682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d","brand":"Durs Gr?bein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44567058579711,"sku":"9780374611682","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83785e3b-4329-4614-8519-f21e2655b143.jpg?v=1701375838","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bars-of-atlantis-durs-grnbein-9780374611682","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}