{"product_id":"aseroe","title":"Aseroë","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A singular novel.\" --\u003cb\u003eLydia Davis\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eCan't and Won't\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEssays One\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An exhilarating adventure \" --\u003cb\u003eAlberto Manguel\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Library at Night\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFabulous Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Extraordinary. . . . Brings to mind the great mushroom scenes of the film \u003ci\u003ePhantom Thread\u003c\/i\u003e. How not to be aroused by this whopping treat of verbal virtuosity?\" --\u003cb\u003eMary Ann Caws\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Modern Art Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsero \u003c\/i\u003e, the mushroom, as object of fascination. First observed in Tasmania and South Africa, it appeared suddenly in France around 1920. It is characterized by its stench and, at maturity, its grotesque beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsero \u003c\/i\u003e, the word, as incantation. Can a word create a world? It does, here. Fran ois Dominique is a conjurer, who through verbal sorcery unleashes the full force of language, while evoking the essential rupture between the word and the object. An impossible endeavor, perhaps, but one at the very heart of literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrator of \u003ci\u003eAsero \u003c\/i\u003e wanders medieval streets and dense forests, portrait galleries, and rare bookshops. As he explores the frontiers of language, the boundaries of science, art, and alchemy melt away, and the mundane is overtaken by the bizarre. Inhabited by creatures born in darkness, both terrible and alluring, \u003ci\u003eAsero \u003c\/i\u003e is ultimately a meditation on memory and forgetting, creation, and oblivion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFran ois Dominique\u003c\/b\u003e is an acclaimed novelist, essayist, poet, and translator. He has received the Burgundy Prize for Literature and is the author of eight novels, including \u003ci\u003eAsero \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSol ne\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Wepler Award and Prix litt raire Charles Brisset. He has translated the poetry of Louis Zukofsky and Rainer Maria Rilke and is the cofounder of the publishing house Ulysses-Fin-de-Si cle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrançois Dominique\u003c\/b\u003e is an acclaimed novelist, essayist, poet, and translator. He has received the Burgundy Prize for Literature and is the author of eight novels, including \u003ci\u003eAseroë\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming from Bellevue Literary Press in September 2020) and \u003ci\u003eSolène\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Wepler Award and Prix littéraire Charles Brisset. He has translated the poetry of Louis Zukofsky and Rainer Maria Rilke and is the cofounder of the publishing house Ulysses-Fin-de-Siècle. He has also taught law and political science at the University of Burgundy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Sieburth\u003c\/b\u003e, emeritus professor of English, French, and comparative literature at New York University, is an essayist, editor, literary scholar, and award-winning translator working in several languages. His translations from the French include works by Gérard de Nerval, Charles Baudelaire, Stéphane Mallarmé, Michel Leiris, Henri Michaux, and Antonin Artaud. His essays and translations have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Limoli\u003c\/b\u003e (1933-2013) was the translator of works by Marguerite Duras and of the poetry of Tristan Tzara. For thirty years he taught in the Foreign Language Department of Sonoma State University in California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bellevue Literary Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50478233551122,"sku":"9781942658788","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1ee0e4bd-b6ab-4990-8152-7241001e44a0.jpg?v=1730291583","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/aseroe","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}