{"product_id":"space-opera","title":"Space Opera","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe frontiers of the sublime extend into the far reaches of space in Georgi Gospodinov’s cosmic adventure starring archetypal astronauts Adam and Eve, Laika the dog and naturally, a \u003cem\u003eMusca domestica\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e or fruit fly.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Bulgarian author’s exercise in libretto writing takes the shape of a “giant poem” patterned after a hyper-saturated present where “information is everything\/And everything is information…isn’t it?”. In answer, Gospodinov heads out of bounds, roving between Mars and Earth; voices, scales, valences of emotion. Mediated by camera cues and an insectoid chorus, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpace Opera\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a genre-collapsing work engaging an irreducible expanse of human and more-than-human experience on the cusp of seismic evolution.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Angela Rodel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback | 176 pages | 4\" x 2.75\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Georgi Gospodinov","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47573215641832,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/Screenshot2025-08-11at3.02.57PM.png?v=1754940110","url":"https:\/\/typebooks.live\/products\/space-opera","provider":"TYPE Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}