{"product_id":"fulgentius-csar-aira-9780811231695","title":"Fulgentius","description":"\u003cem\u003eBy profession I am a soldier, a general in the glorious Roman army. As a playwright, I think of myself as a sublime amateur.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Cesar Aira's new novel, \u003cem\u003eFulgentius, \u003c\/em\u003e a sixty-seven-year-old imperial Roman general--\"Rome's most illustrious and experienced\"--is sent to pacify the remote province of Pannonia.He is a thoughtful, introspective person, a saturnine intellectual who greatly enjoys being on the march away from his loving family, and the sometimes deadly intrigues of Rome. Fulgentius is also a playwright (though of exactly one play) and in every city he pacifies, he stages a grand production of his farcical tragedy (written at the tender age of twelve) about a man who becomes a famous general only to be murdered \"at the hands of shadowy foreigners.\" Curiously, what he had imagined as a child turns out to be the story of his life, almost. As the playwright-turned-general broods obsessively about his only work, the magnificent Lupine Legion--\"a city in movement\" of 6,000 men, an invincible corps of seasoned fighters wearing their signature wolfskin caps--kills, burns, pillages, and loots their way to victory. But what does victory mean? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C駸ar Aira\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811231690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811231695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.03h x 5.07w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/13\/2023 pg. 1","brand":"C駸ar Aira","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070849315071,"sku":"9780811231695","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b7c3a65-c2c6-45ec-97ce-bb44c7be36f7.jpg?v=1685432690","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fulgentius-csar-aira-9780811231695","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}