{"product_id":"fulgentius-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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811231695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176","brand":"C\u0026#233;sar Aira","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42589590978741,"sku":"9780811231695","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4ee7b74c-f2a5-4d1a-be09-2f6bfedeffeb.jpg?v=1673327248","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fulgentius-9780811231695","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}