{"product_id":"we-monks-soldiers-paperback","title":"We Monks \u0026 Soldiers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLutz Bassmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJordan Stump\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAntoine Volodine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom one of the most original French writers of our day comes a mysterious, prismatic, and at times profoundly sad reflection on humanity in its darker moments--one of which may very well be our own. In a collection of fictions that blur distinctions between dreaming and waking reality, Lutz Bassmann sets off a series of echoes--the \"entrevoutes\" that conduct us from one world to another in a journey as viscerally powerful as it is intellectually heady. While humanity seems to be fading around them, the members of a shadowy organization are doing their inadequate best to assist those experiencing their last moments. From a soldier-monk exorcising what seem to be spirits (but are they?) from an abandoned house, to a spy executing a mission whose meaning eludes him, to characters exploring cells, wandering through ruins, confronting political dissent and persecution, encountering--perhaps--the spirits once exorcised, these stories conduct us through a world at once ambiguous and sharply observed. This remarkable work, in Jordan Stump's superb translation, offers readers a thrilling entry into Bassmann's numinous world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLutz Bassmann belongs to a community of imaginary authors invented, championed, and literarily realized by Antoine Volodine, a French writer of Slavic origins born in 1950. Volodine's many celebrated, category-defying works include the award-winning \u003ci\u003eMinor Angels\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2004), which blends science fiction, Tibetan myth, a ludic approach to writing, and a profound humanistic idealism. Jordan Stump is a professor of French at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Other Book\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2011), has translated numerous texts, including \u003ci\u003eMinor Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, and was awarded the French-American Foundation's translation prize and the Prix Médicis in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8.5 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722957623359,"sku":"9780803239913","price":29.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7634755e2d65375872fb7fae63e9cde0.webp?v=1765097518","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/we-monks-soldiers-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}