{"product_id":"solo-viola-a-post-exotic-novel-9781517911195","title":"Solo Viola: A Post-Exotic Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA harrowing early novel by one of France's most unusual contemporary writers \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At once humorous and horrifying, \u003ci\u003eSolo Viola\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Antoine Volodine's first forays into post-exoticism. He takes the reader into a fictional world where a variety of characters collide: three prisoners just released from jail, a band of circus performers, a string quartet, a writer, and a bird. All are trying to survive in an absurd and hostile environment of authoritarian spectacle, at the mercy of a tyrannical buffoon, and seeking the strange counterbalance of hope in a viola player, whose stunning music just might save them all, if only for a moment. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-355050\"\u003eAntoine Volodine\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.35w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517911195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517911192\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-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC055000\"\u003eDystopian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntoine Volodine has written more than forty novels, using various heteronyms in his ongoing post-exoticism project. Other works in translation include \u003ci\u003eRadiant Terminus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWe Monks and Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e by Lutz Bassman, and\u003ci\u003e In the Time of the Blue Ball\u003c\/i\u003e by Manuela Drager.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLia Swope Mitchell holds a PhD in French from the University of Minnesota. Her translations include \u003ci\u003eSurvival of the Fireflies \u003c\/i\u003eby Georges Didi-Huberman (Minnesota, 2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLionel Ruffel teaches comparative literature and \u003ci\u003ecréation littéraire\u003c\/i\u003e at Université Paris 8 (Vincennes-Saint-Denis). His most recent works include \u003ci\u003eBrouhaha: Worlds of the Contemporary\u003c\/i\u003e (Univocal\/Minnesota, 2017).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42688334627053,"sku":"9781517911195","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_0dd3ada9-f275-4690-9f55-ab1be96e1ff8.jpg?v=1649787082","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/solo-viola-a-post-exotic-novel-9781517911195","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}