{"product_id":"the-unnamable-present-9781250251213","title":"The Unnamable Present","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA decisive key to help grasp some of the essential points of what is happening around us. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe ninth part of Roberto Calasso's masterwork, \u003ci\u003eThe Unnamable Present\u003c\/i\u003e, is closely connected with themes of the first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Ruin of Kasch\u003c\/i\u003e (originally published in 1983, and reissued by FSG in a new translation). But while \u003ci\u003eKasch\u003c\/i\u003e is an enlightened exploration of modernity, \u003ci\u003eThe Unnamable Present\u003c\/i\u003e propels us into the twenty first century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTourists, terrorists, secularists, fundamentalists, hackers, transhumanists, algorithmicians: these are all tribes that inhabit the unnamable present and act on its nervous system. This is a world that seems to have no living past, but was foreshadowed in the period between 1933 and 1945, when everything appeared bent on self-annihilation. \u003ci\u003eThe Unnamable Present\u003c\/i\u003e is a meditation on the obscure and ubiquitous process of transformation happening today in all societies, which makes so many previous names either inadequate or misleading or a parody of what they used to mean. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated with sensitivity by Calasso's longtime translator, Richard Dixon, \u003ci\u003eThe Unnamable Present\u003c\/i\u003e is a strikingly original and provocative vision of our times, from the writer \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e called \"a literary institution of one.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3993217\"\u003eRoberto Calasso\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250251213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250251214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS039000\"\u003eCivilization\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS037070\"\u003eModern | 20th Century | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoberto Calasso \u003c\/b\u003ewas the publisher of Adelphi Edizioni in Milan and the author of a decades-spanning, multi-volume work which up to now comprises \u003ci\u003eThe Ruin of Kasch, The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, Ka, K., Tiepolo Pink, La Folie Baudelaire, Ardor, The Unnamable Present\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Celestial Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e, many of which were published by FSG. FSG will published two more books in Calasso's magnum opus, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of All Books \u003c\/i\u003e(November 2021) and his \u003ci\u003eThe Tablet of the Destinies\u003c\/i\u003e in 2022. Roberto Calasso died on July 28, 2021. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Dixon\u003c\/b\u003e lives and works in Italy. His translations include \u003ci\u003eArdor\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Art of the Publisher\u003c\/i\u003e by Roberto Calasso, and \u003ci\u003eThe Prague Cemetery\u003c\/i\u003e by Umberto Eco. He is one of the translators of FSG's edition of Leopardi's \u003ci\u003eZibaldone\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44711553859821,"sku":"9781250251213","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_74fdb635-3364-457d-8ebd-8b0d584439e5.jpg?v=1704053209","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/the-unnamable-present-9781250251213","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}