{"product_id":"farewells-to-plasma-9788086264158","title":"Farewells to Plasma","description":"Few Polish prose writers of the past ten years have attracted as much delight and bewilderment as Natasza Goerke. Her stories, which are commonly fastened with predicates like \"surreal,\" \"grotesque,\" \"ludicrous,\" \"ironic,\" and \"extravagant,\" call to mind the absurdist and parabolic work of Daniil Kharms, Slawomir Mrozek, Clarice Lispector, and Antonio Tabucchi. Although her reluctance toward straightforward narration, her refusal of any \"responsibility\" on the part of the writer to provide metaphysical product for the national masses, and her involvement with esoteric perspectives such as Buddhism and Asian cultures generally, all have caused less avant-garde-friendly critics to shake their heads in consternation, her erudition and extremely fine feeling for the Polish language have earned her recognition from all quarters as one of the most innovative and important voices of the younger generation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(from the Translator's Note) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFarewells to Plasma is a selection of short stories and prose from the three volumes Goerke has published in Polish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Twisted Spoon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788086264158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.80w x 0.49d","brand":"Natasza Goerke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52122276790453,"sku":"9788086264158","price":11.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_78484afb-9161-462f-a96d-9061a5e1a1f0.jpg?v=1766512352","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/farewells-to-plasma-9788086264158","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}