{"product_id":"defense-mechanism-piotr-florczyk-9781736465806","title":"Defense Mechanism","description":"In Defense Mechanism, Krzysztof Siwczyk attempts to conventionalize-in the form of a dramatic one-act play-the basic dialectic of light and darkness. This dialectic turns out to be the leaven of every poetic act. From this poisoned source of poetry understood as a mediation between what is clear in the language and that which obscures that clarity, comes the \"defense mechanism\"-a test of voices whose fate is to drift toward the chiaroscuro border. This is a bilingual edition and includes the Polish-language original. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Krzysztof Siwczyk is an award-winning Polish poet, critic, and essayist. His work has been translated into numerous languages, including Italian, French, and German. He lives in Gliwice and works at the Rafal Wojaczek Institute in Mikol w. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Piotr Florczyk is a poet, essayist, and translator. His latest volume of poems, \u003ci\u003eFrom the Annals of Krak w\u003c\/i\u003e, which is based on the testimonies of Holocaust survivors, is published by Lynx House Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Piotr Florczyk, Krzysztof Siwczyk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1736465805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736465806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Textshop Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.15d","brand":"Piotr Florczyk","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944158822655,"sku":"9781736465806","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3af0e0ae-5747-4aa0-af27-0966d46e7b48.jpg?v=1681502130","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/defense-mechanism-piotr-florczyk-9781736465806","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}