Transparent Body & Other Texts (Paperback)

Max Blecher

ISBN 10: 8088628032 / ISBN 13: 9788088628033

Published by Twisted Spoon Press, Prague, 2024

About this Item

Paperback. Transparent Body & Other Texts brings together Blecher's entire output of poetry and short prose, from the earliest texts published during his lifetime to those appearing for the first time only recently. They range from stories in the vein of his fantastical, hallucinatory longer work to aphorisms, reportage, and notebook fragments. The volume also includes a selection of his correspondence with such major figures of Romanian interwar modernism as Geo Bogza, Ilarie Voronca, and Sasa Pana to give a fuller picture of Blecher's engagement with the avant-garde and literary life even as his health was progressively deteriorating over the course of the 1930s. The collection brings together Blecher's entire output of poetry and short prose, ranging from stories in the vein of his fantastical hallucinatory longer work to aphorisms, reportage, and notebook fragments, and includes a selection of his correspondence with other Romanian and French avant-garde artists. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Transparent Body & Other Texts (Paperback)
• Publisher: Twisted Spoon Press, Prague
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8088628032
• ISBN 13: 9788088628033
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Transparent Body & Other Texts brings together Blecher's entire output of poetry and short prose, from the earliest texts published during his lifetime to those appearing for the first time only recently. They range from stories in the vein of his fantastical, hallucinatory longer work to aphorisms, reportage, and notebook fragments. The volume also includes a selection of his correspondence with such major figures of Romanian interwar modernism as Geo Bogza, Ilarie Voronca, and Saşa Pană to give a fuller picture of Blecher's engagement with the avant-garde and literary life even as his health was progressively deteriorating over the course of the 1930s.

About the Author

Max Blecher (1909-38) was born into a middle-class Jewish family in Botoşani, Romania. Diagnosed with spinal tuberculosis at the age of 19, he spent six years in various sanatoria, before returning to his hometown and beginning to publish in modernist magazines and journals. Often described as “hallucinatory” and “nightmarish,” Blecher’s writing is a kindred spirit to Surrealism and a major contribution to the 20th-century European avant-garde.