{"product_id":"vanishing-point-9781593760106","title":"Vanishing Point","description":"From Wittgenstein's \u003ci\u003eMistress to Reader's Block\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eSpringer's Progress\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThis Is Not a Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, he has delighted and amazed readers for decades. And now comes his latest masterwork, \u003ci\u003eVanishing Point\u003c\/i\u003e, wherein an elderly writer (identified only as \"Author\") sets out to transform shoeboxes crammed with notecards into a novel--and in so doing will dazzle us with an astonishing parade of revelations about the trials and calamities and absurdities and often even tragedies of the creative life--and all the while trying his best (he says) to keep himself out of the tale. Naturally he will fail to do the latter, frequently managing to stand aside and yet remaining undeniably central throughout--until he is swept inevitably into the narrative's starting and shattering climax. A novel of death and laughter both--and of extraordinary intellectual richness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593760106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2003 pg. 1375\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 824\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/26\/2004 pg. 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/22\/2004 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2004 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Markson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44174135132341,"sku":"9781593760106","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_91568521-fd35-45b1-be85-5dcd8050fc64.jpg?v=1716300981","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/vanishing-point-9781593760106","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}