{"product_id":"mechanisms-of-loss-michel-fais-9780300237177","title":"Mechanisms of Loss: Two Novellas","description":"\u003cb\u003eA duet of provocative novellas that examine contemporary Greek identity, translated by one of the foremost experts in Greek literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From esteemed Greek writer Michel Fa s comes a duet of novellas that explore the stories we choose to tell about the lives we pretend to live. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In these stories, positioned at the fractured heart of Greek postmodernism, Fa s returns to his signature themes of mourning, death, and absence: \"the permanently open wound in my narrative.\" \u003ci\u003eAegypius monachus\u003c\/i\u003e is a semi-autobiographical snapshot of a man roaming the streets of Athens, reflecting on his tumultuous marriage and the childhood roots of his failure at love. \u003ci\u003eLady Cortisol\u003c\/i\u003e dramatizes a conversation between one man and one woman, highlighting the miscommunications and mixed signals that inevitably arise in dialogue with the other. Ironic and bitter, these staccato novellas explore the ways in which we sabotage our rare chances at love, plunging into the interior of the mind and exposing the things we cannot say aloud.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michel Fais\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300237170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300237177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.80w x 0.80d","brand":"Michel Fais","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46640676929791,"sku":"9780300237177","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0bfa5884-10db-4e1d-8ddb-7c1d01130bcf.jpg?v=1740670242","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mechanisms-of-loss-michel-fais-9780300237177","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}