{"product_id":"my-first-suicide-jerzy-pilch-9781934824405","title":"My First Suicide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Pilch's antic sensibility confirms that he is the compatriot of Witold Gombrowicz, the Polish maestro of absurdist pranks. But readers with a taste for the fermented Irish blarney of Flann O'Brien, Samuel Beckett, and John Kennedy Toole might also savor Pilch.\"--\u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeither strictly a collection of stories nor a novel, the ten pieces that comprise \u003ci\u003eMy First Suicide\u003c\/i\u003e straddles the line between intimate revelation and drunken confession. These stories reveal a nostalgic and poetic Pilch, one who can pen a character's lyrical ode to the fate of his father's perfect chess table in one story, examine a teacher's desperate and dangerous infatuation with a student in the next, and then, always true to his obsessions, tell a remarkably touching story that begins by describing his narrator's excitement at the possibility of a three-way with the seductive soccer-fan, Anka Chow Chow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories of \u003ci\u003eMy First Suicide\u003c\/i\u003e combine irony and humor, anecdote and gossip, love and desire with an irresistibly readable style that is vintage Pilch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJerzy Pilch\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Poland's most important contemporary writers and journalists. In addition to his long-running satirical newspaper column, Pilch has published several novels, and has been nominated for Poland's prestigious NIKE Literary Award four times; he finally won the Award in 2001 for \u003ci\u003eThe Mighty Angel\u003c\/i\u003e. His novels have been translated into numerous languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Frick\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerzy Pilch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1934824402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934824405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.54w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/19\/2012 pg. 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2012 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2012 pg. 34","brand":"Jerzy Pilch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44173310591231,"sku":"9781934824405","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e5056d88-ea09-4be3-b3d1-dfea351c8224.jpg?v=1689792116","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-first-suicide-jerzy-pilch-9781934824405","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}