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On Wing, the first published work of fiction by the Slovak poet-philosopher Robert Gal, is a constellation of hundreds of aphorisms, dreams, anecdotes, and inquiries, all written in a restless, searching, "improvisational" prose whose techniques reflect those of Bernhard, Nietzsche, and Kierkegaard, not to mention the saxophonist and composer John Zorn, who makes a brief cameo as a character.

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"The Czech Cioran..." - Andrei Codrescu

"Gál's aphorisms combine incisive question-raising and gently troubling images involving Time, God... and existential self-awareness." -Antioch Review

"Gál is a phenomenon unto himself: a purveyor of neurotic philosophy encapsulated in elliptical portents and epifragmentals, the content of which is at all odds with their length." - Joshua Cohen

On Wing

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    A Paperback / softback by Robert Gal, Michaela Freeman, Mark Kanak

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      Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/07/2015
      ISBN13: 9781628970647, 978-1628970647
      ISBN10: 1628970642

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      On Wing, the first published work of fiction by the Slovak poet-philosopher Robert Gal, is a constellation of hundreds of aphorisms, dreams, anecdotes, and inquiries, all written in a restless, searching, "improvisational" prose whose techniques reflect those of Bernhard, Nietzsche, and Kierkegaard, not to mention the saxophonist and composer John Zorn, who makes a brief cameo as a character.

      Trade Review
      "The Czech Cioran..." - Andrei Codrescu

      "Gál's aphorisms combine incisive question-raising and gently troubling images involving Time, God... and existential self-awareness." -Antioch Review

      "Gál is a phenomenon unto himself: a purveyor of neurotic philosophy encapsulated in elliptical portents and epifragmentals, the content of which is at all odds with their length." - Joshua Cohen

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