{"product_id":"schattenfroh-9781646053827","title":"Schattenfroh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intricate, metaphysical, ambitious \"psychogeography of the self\" that both disrupts and elevates the 21st century vision of the novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur narrator is held in complete darkness and isolation. His endless thoughts are turned into the book we are reading--\u003ci\u003eSchattenfroh--\u003c\/i\u003edirected by none other than the narrator's mysterious jailer by the same name. Undulating through explorations of Renaissance art, the German reformation, time-defying esoterica, the printing process in the 16th century, Kabbalistic mysticism, and beyond, \u003ci\u003eSchattenfroh\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable book that, in turn, asks the remarkable of its readers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterruptions, breaks, and annotations both buoy and deceive, and endless historical references, literary allusions, and wordplay construct a baroque, encyclopedic quest. \u003ci\u003eSchattenfroh\u003c\/i\u003e's publication in English marks a seminal moment in the history of the literary form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Lentz\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning German author, musician, and performer of experimental texts and sound poetry. \u003ci\u003eSchattenfroh\u003c\/i\u003e is his first book to be translated into English. He currently lives in Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Lawton\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator, novelist, and musician. He has translated many books by Vladimir Sorokin, including \u003ci\u003eBlue Lard\u003c\/i\u003e (NYRB Classics), \u003ci\u003eTheir Four Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDispatches from the District Committee\u003c\/i\u003e (both from Dalkey Archive Press).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589904105746,"sku":"9781646053827","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0531dfb8-1e1a-4688-85e2-38599cd75c1a.jpg?v=1756813362","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/schattenfroh-9781646053827","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}