{"product_id":"empty-streets","title":"Empty Streets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Michal Ajvaz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by Andrew Oakland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: 9781564787002\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date: 3\/25\/2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a junkyard on the outskirts of Prague, a painter stumbles across a mysterious wooden object. As he begins to notice the object’s strange shape reproduced in various places around the city, he realizes that it holds the key to uncovering the truth about the recent disappearance of a young girl. His attempts to understand the meaning of the object bring him into contact with an array of characters, and the stories they tell him widen the vortex of uncertainty that the object has opened. Will the increasingly intricate web of clues eventually lead him to the truth? \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmpty Streets\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is both a thrilling fantasy and a philosophical meditation on the search for meaning in modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Michal Ajvaz is a literary magician creating worlds of worlds, worlds of words, worlds of objects. He is the fantastical baby of Borges and Timothy Leary. He is a cartographer on mescaline. He is Czech.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eSalonica\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A remarkably creative, joyfully strange work.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Easy . . . to read through with rapt attention.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Information\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichal Ajvaz\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1949 in Prague, his father was a Crimean Karaim and his mother was an Austrian Czech. He published eight works of fiction and also an essay on Jacques Derrida, a book about Edmund Husserl’s philosophy, as well as a book-length meditation on Jorge Luis Borges called \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dreams of Grammars\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ethe Glow of Letters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e and a philosophical study, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJungle of Light: Meditations on Seeing\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e He was awarded \u003cstrong\u003eJaroslav Seifert ́s Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMagnesia Litera Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e. His books of fiction have been published in fifteen languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Oakland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's translations include Radka Denemarková's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoney from Hitler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Martin Reiner's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Through Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Michal Ajvaz's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and the autobiography of architect Josef Hoffmann.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42387988349177,"sku":"9781564787002","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/files\/Empty_Streets_AI_cover.jpg?v=1754681414","url":"https:\/\/store.deepvellum.org\/products\/empty-streets","provider":"Deep Vellum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}