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by Michal Ajvaz
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Availability:In StockContributor:Michal Ajvaz, Andrew Oakland (Translator)Series:Czech LiteraturePublish date:2016-03-25Pages:360
Language:EnglishPublisher:Dalkey Archive PressISBN-13:9781564787002ISBN-10:1564787001UPC:9781564787002Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:8.50 x 5.40 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC6ZPYYEQQ
In 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? Empty Streets is both a thrilling fantasy and a philosophical meditation on the search for meaning in modern life.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Dalkey Archive PressISBN-13:9781564787002ISBN-10:1564787001UPC:9781564787002Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:8.50 x 5.40 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC6ZPYYEQQ

Michal Ajvaz
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 The Dreams of Grammars, the Glow of Letters, and a philosophical study, Jungle of Light: Meditations on Seeing.
He was awarded Jaroslav Seifert's Prize and Magnesia Litera Prize. His
books of fiction have been published in fifteen languages.

Andrew Oakland's translations include Radka Denemarková's Money from Hitler, Martin Reiner's No Through Road, Michal Ajvaz's The Golden Age, and the autobiography of architect Josef Hoffmann.


Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press

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Michal Ajvaz, Andrew Oakland (Translator)

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Michal Ajvaz

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