{"product_id":"minor-angels-paperback","title":"Minor Angels - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAntoine Volodine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJordan Stump\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Antoine Volodine comes a deeply disturbing and darkly hilarious novel whose full meaning, its author asserts, will be found not in the book's pages but in the dreams people will have after reading it. In Minor Angels Volodine depicts a postcataclysmic world in which the forces of capitalism have begun to reestablish themselves. Sharply opposed to such a trend, a group of crones confined to a nursing home-all of them apparently immortal-resolves to create an avenging grandson fashioned of lint and rags. Though conjured to crush the rebirth of capitalism, the grandson is instead seduced by its charms-only to fall back into the hands of his creators, where he manages to forestall his punishment by reciting one \"narract\" a day. It is these narracts, or prose poems, that compose the text of Minor Angels. A French writer of Slavic origins, born in 1950, Antoine Volodine has published twelve books, which have proven difficult to categorize since they blend science fiction, Tibetan myth, a ludic approach to writing, and a profound humanistic idealism. Minor Angels was awarded the Prix France Inter in 2000. Jordan Stump is an associate professor of French at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. An award-winning translator of numerous books, including Christian Oster's My Big Apartment (Nebraska 2002), he is also the author of Naming and Unnaming: On Raymond Queneau (Nebraska 1998).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA French writer of Slavic origins, born in 1950, Antoine Volodine has published twelve books, which have proven difficult to categorize since they blend science fiction, Tibetan myth, a ludic approach to writing, and a profound humanistic idealism. \u003ci\u003eMinor Angels\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the Prix France Inter in 2000 and the Prix Médicis in 2014. Jordan Stump is an associate professor of French at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. An award-winning translator of numerous books, including Christian Oster's \u003ci\u003eMy Big Apartment\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska 2002), he is also the author of \u003ci\u003eNaming and Unnaming: On Raymond Queneau\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska 1998).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131307724935,"sku":"9780803220898","price":32.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/627377459d5bf42cc58be4d8c445601e.webp?v=1732617901","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/minor-angels-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}