{"product_id":"the-book-of-transparencies-jefferson-navicky-9780997292497","title":"The Book of Transparencies","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Transparencies, \u003c\/i\u003e the narrator discovers a book in a community college library that changes his life. With increasing intensity, he traces both story and author through New York, Paris, Italy, and Berlin, arriving finally in Maine where the author disappeared decades ago. Part epic love story, part detective novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Transparencies \u003c\/i\u003eis an archive of a man's life, which comes to include the narrator himself. Its pages speak to the permeable, intersecting nature of our memories, and the efforts we make to bring the pieces into wholeness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIN JEFFERSON NAVICKY'S NOVEL, A DREAMY SCHOLAR PURSUES THE HISTORY OF A BOOK HE'S OBSESSED WITH. NAVICKY'S WRITING REMINDS ME OF LATE MELVILLE, THE MELVILLE OF PIERRE, FAMILIAR AND GRAVE FROM EVASION AND OBSESSION. HIS CHARACTERS TRAVEL FROM \"COUNTRY TO COUNTRY, FROM MOUNTAIN TO ASYLUM, FROM OBJECT TO ARCHIVE,\" UNDER THE SHADOW ALL LOVERS MUST SERVE AND ALL WRITERS MUST EVENTUALLY, AND WITH GREAT SADNESS, SHAKE OFF TO BEGIN OUR WORK. IN DOING SO, NAVICKY HAS CREATED A RARE DOCUMENT OF PAIN AND PLEASURE. A PROMISING, POETIC DEBUT.\u003c\/i\u003e\" - KEVIN KILLIAN, AUTHOR OF IMPOSSIBLE PRINCESS \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eJEFFERSON NAVICKY HAS CREATED A DELIGHT OF A DEBUT FOR ITS SENSUALITY AND INVENTION, ITS HANDLING OF LIGHT ALONGSIDE THE DEEPEST DARK. THE BOOK OF TRANSPARENCIES IS A RARITY OF ITS OWN MAKING, AN EXISTENTIAL NOVELLA IN WHICH PROSE MERGES WITH POETRY TO EXPLORE TOPICS OF COMMON INTERESTS---LOVE AND LOSS, ART AND TRAVEL, THE PERMANENCE AND IMPERMANENCE OF NATURE AND PHENOMENON---IN UNCOMMON WAYS, ELUDING CONVENTIONAL FORM, UNTIL THE READER UNDERSTANDS SHE IS STANDING BEFORE A WORK OF INNOVATIVE FICTION AND THE UNTETHERED IMAGINATION OF ITS CREATOR. HEREIN, READERS WILL FIND A MATRIX OF PERSPECTIVE---AUTHOR WITHIN AUTHOR WITHIN AUTHOR---BOTH ILLUMINATING AND DARK\u003c\/i\u003e.\" - JODI PALONI, AUTHOR OF THEY COULD LIVE WITH THEMSELVES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jefferson Navicky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0997292490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997292497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kernpunkt Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.20d","brand":"Jefferson Navicky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46670371356927,"sku":"9780997292497","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-book-of-transparencies-jefferson-navicky-9780997292497","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}