{"product_id":"fleeting-snow-9781908236371","title":"Fleeting Snow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePavel Vilikovský\u003c\/b\u003e's novella \u003ci\u003eFleeting Snow \u003c\/i\u003e(Letmý sneh, 2014), depicts the gradual loss of memory of the narrator's wife. The narrator reminisces about his past life with his wife and muses on issues ranging from human nature and the soul, to names and the phonetics of Slovak and indigenous American Indian languages, in an informal, humorous style whose lightness of touch belies the seriousness of his themes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book's title refers to its recurring central motif, an avalanche whose inexorable descent cannot be stopped once the critical mass of snow has begun to roll, echoing the unstoppable process of memory loss. Five themes or storylines, intertwined in passages of varying lengths, are labelled with letters of the alphabet and numbers in a playful allusion to scholarly works and musical compositions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most important Eastern European writers of the post-Communist era, \u003cb\u003ePavel Vilikovský\u003c\/b\u003e began his career in 1965, but the political content of his writing and its straightforward treatment of such taboo topics as bisexuality kept him from publishing the works collected here until after the Velvet Revolution. In 1997 he won the Vilenica Award for Central European literature. \u003cb\u003eJulia Sherwood\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance translator, mainly for salon.eu.sk. She lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Istros Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50363909636370,"sku":"9781908236371","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ceacfbb0-fd20-471f-962d-f3c136a45a81.jpg?v=1728420847","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fleeting-snow-9781908236371","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}