{"product_id":"the-mighty-angel-9781934824085","title":"The Mighty Angel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Pilch's prose is masterful, and the bulk of \u003ci\u003eThe Mighty Angel\u003c\/i\u003e evokes the same numb, floating sensation as a bottle of Zloldkowa Gorzka.\"--\u003ci\u003eL Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mighty Angel\u003c\/i\u003e concerns the alcoholic misadventures of a writer named Jerzy. Eighteen times he's woken up in rehab. Eighteen times he's been released--a sober and, more or less, healthy man--after treatment at the hands of the stern therapist Moses Alias I Alcohol. And eighteen times he's stopped off at the liquor store on the way home, to pick up the supplies that are necessary to help him face his return to a ruined apartment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile he's in rehab, Jerzy collects the stories of his fellow alcoholics--Don Juan the Rib, The Most Wanted Terrorist in the World, the Sugar King, the Queen of Kent, the Hero of Socialist Labor--in an effort to tell the universal, and particular, story of the alcoholic, and to discover the motivations and drives that underlie the alcoholic's behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA simultaneously tragic, comic, and touching novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Mighty Angel\u003c\/i\u003e displays Pilch's caustic humor, ferocious intelligence, and unparalleled mastery of storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJerzy Pilch\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Poland's most important contemporary writers and journalists. In addition to his long-running satirical newspaper column, Pilch has published several novels, and has been nominated for Poland's prestigious NIKE Literary Award four times; he finally won the Award in 2001 for \u003ci\u003eThe Mighty Angel\u003c\/i\u003e. His novels have been translated into numerous languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of the Polish Studies Center at Indiana University and has translated works by Witold Gombrowicz, Magdalena Tulli, Wieslaw Mysliwski, and others. He won the Best Translated Book Award in 2012 and the inaugural Found in Translation Award in 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934824085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.72w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2009 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jerzy Pilch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276348678325,"sku":"9781934824085","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6fe6a018-0dbe-4d6b-84be-a737fc36fa95.jpg?v=1744122910","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-mighty-angel-9781934824085","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}