{"product_id":"9781912559671","title":"The Threshold and the Ledger","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eMcCarthy, Tom\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNotting Hill Editions\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9\/9\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA timely exploration of Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann by Booker-shortlisted author Tom McCarthy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince her untimely death in 1973, Ingeborg Bachmann has come to be regarded as one of the twentieth century’s most important writers. Unpacking a single Bachmann poem, novelist Tom McCarthy latches onto two of its central terms — the eponymous \u003ci\u003ethreshold\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eledger\u003c\/i\u003e — and takes off on a line of flight: through the work of Franz Kafka, David Lynch, Anne Carson, Sappho and Shakespeare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan writing be understood as an experience of the threshold, a limit- or boundary- state? A condition of ecstasy or \u003ci\u003eec-stasis\u003c\/i\u003e, standing outside of oneself? With identity ruptured and surpassed, how and by whom might such experience be recorded?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppearing on the eve of Bachmann’s centenary year, McCarthy’s book argues for the centrality of her vision to the very act of literature itself.","brand":"Notting Hill Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46440911601919,"sku":"9781912559671","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781912559671_s600x595.jpg?v=1776096731","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781912559671","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}