{"product_id":"insatiability-paperback","title":"Insatiability - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLouis Iribarne\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitkiewicz's 1927 masterpiece, made famous in Polish dissident and Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz's \u003ci\u003eThe Captive Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, is one of the most unforgettable depictions of the tensions and trade-offs between ideological loyalty and individual conscience in world literature. Futuristic, experimental, and remarkably prophetic, \u003ci\u003eInsatiability\u003c\/i\u003e traces the choices of a young Pole as his divided nation both opposes and welcomes a communitarian invasion from the east offering a narcotic that both removes anxieties and induces obedience. An anti-Utopian classic, it foretold the irresoluble and sometimes deadly choices that faced Eastern European thinkers, writers, and politicians during the years of Soviet domination. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTANISLAW IGNACY WITKIEWICZ\u003c\/b\u003e (1885-1939) was a Polish novelist, poet, and playwright. An ardent nationalist, Witkiewicz killed himself in 1939 upon hearing that the Soviet Army had invaded Poland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLOUIS IRIBARNE\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Toronto. He has translated several works by Polish writers such as Gombrowicz, Milosz, and Schulz.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 534\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42726078906431,"sku":"9780810111349","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/92a723d0b0b97c0e8344b127d77b2ad1.webp?v=1765109143","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/insatiability-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}