{"product_id":"post-exoticism-in-ten-lessons-lesson-eleven-9781940953113","title":"Post-Exoticism in Ten Lessons, Lesson Eleven","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe interconnected works of Volodine--think Faulkner, but after an apocalypse--constitute the most exciting project in contemporary French literature.--Maria Clementi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat is what we had called post-exoticism. It was a construction connected to revolutionary shamanism and literature. . . . It was an interior construction, a withdrawal, a secret welcoming land, but also something offensive that participated in the plot of certain unarmed individuals against the capitalist world and its countless ignominies. This fight was now confined solely to Bassmann's lips.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike with Antoine Volodine's other works (\u003ci\u003eMinor Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWe Monks \u0026amp; Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003ePost-Exoticism in Ten Lessons, Lesson Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e takes place in a corrupted future where a small group of radical writers--those who practice post-exoticism--have been jailed by those in power and are slowly dying off. But before Lutz Bassmann, the last post-exoticist writer, passes away, a couple journalists will try and pry out all the secrets of this powerful literary movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its explanations of several key post-exoticist terms that appear in Volodine's other books, \u003ci\u003eLesson Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e provides a crucial entryway into one of the most ambitious literary projects of recent times: a project exploring the revolutionary power of literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntoine Volodine\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of dozens of books under a few different pseudonyms, including Lutz Bassmann and Manuela Draeger. These novels--several of which are available in English--articulate a post-exoticist universe filled with secrets, revolutionary writers, and spiders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. T. Mahany\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of the University of Rochester's MA in Literary Translation Studies program and is currently enrolled in the MFA program at the University of Arkansas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940953113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antoine Volodine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40240117776565,"sku":"9781940953113","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_dd7386c5-20c9-4749-bc22-f1735015faf1.jpg?v=1623727950","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/post-exoticism-in-ten-lessons-lesson-eleven-9781940953113","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}