{"product_id":"the-friend-of-the-desert-9781946764492","title":"The Friend of the Desert","description":"\u003cb\u003eExistential and curiously hypnotic, Pablo d'Ors evokes the sharp stylized prose of Bolaño, Bernhard, and DeLillo in this strange tale of one man's repeated forays into the desert, and the ultimate silence it contains.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Thanks to the back cover of a book I knew that there lived in Brno a man who had dedicated a good portion of his life to traveling through many of the world's deserts.\" So begins Pavel's story, as a series of mysterious circumstances lead him to change the course of his life. On his repeated trips to the Sahara, first as part of an enigmatic organization called Friends of the Desert and later on his own, Pavel explores the drifting sands, and, ultimately, something approaching infinity. Nothing is as it seems. As the unknowns increase, each encounter presents a new mirror for Pavel's own expanding consciousness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInnumerable artists, thinkers, and mystics have paid their respects to the void. With refinement and care, \u003ci\u003eFriend of the Desert\u003c\/i\u003e inserts itself to that tradition. In the wake of Hesse's famous \u003ci\u003eSiddhartha\u003c\/i\u003e, Bolaño's \u003ci\u003eBy Night in Chile\u003c\/i\u003e, and Don DeLillo's \u003ci\u003eThe Names\u003c\/i\u003e, Pablo d'Ors approaches the depths and casually settles in. \u003ci\u003eFriend of the Desert \u003c\/i\u003eis a rare gift for seekers of the absolute.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Parallax Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781946764492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.30h x 5.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Pablo D'Ors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45316478861493,"sku":"9781946764492","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7e7eb88e-c9bb-446c-b445-2901540398b0.jpg?v=1745331440","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-friend-of-the-desert-9781946764492","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}