{"product_id":"thanassis-valtinos-new-moon-day-one-9781942281351","title":"Thanassis Valtinos: New Moon: Day One","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a tour de force of innovation, memory, and distillation, Thanassis Valtinos shifts the literary ground from yet another angle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a provincial capital, in the penultimate throes of the Greek Civil War, \u003cem\u003eNew Moon: Day One\u003c\/em\u003e is semi-autobiographical, a tale of two protagonists on the brink of manhood. They speak in bluntly human tones, but in precincts that echo of death the impulse to life is declared. In the very presence of Thanatos, Eros is adamant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe elements of a screenplay are recast by Valtinos as a novel. Interposed with bursts of dialogue, and reading like stage directions, intimate scenes alternate with a wide-screen view. Fade-outs, as blank pages, punctuate the whole. Though the gaze is that of a camera -- of pristine detachment -- the energy is propulsive. The thread of a breathless suspense is drawn through a complex collage. It seems to precisely catch the rhythm of human becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e--Thanassis Valtinos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Laertes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942281351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.80w x 0.60d","brand":"Thanassis Valtinos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774165577909,"sku":"9781942281351","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/thanassis-valtinos-new-moon-day-one-9781942281351","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}