{"product_id":"muck-paperback","title":"Muck - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDror Burstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Those who lament that the novel has lost its prophecy should pay heed and cover-price: \u003ci\u003eMuck\u003c\/i\u003e is the future, both of Jerusalem and of literature. God is showing some rare good taste, by choosing to speak to us through Dror Burstein.\" --Joshua Cohen, author of \u003ci\u003eMoving Kings \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBook of Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a Jerusalem both ancient and modern, where the First Temple squats over the populace like a Trump casino, where the streets are literally crawling with prophets and heathen helicopters buzz over Old Testament sovereigns, two young poets are about to have their lives turned upside down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStruggling Jeremiah is worried that he might be wasting his time trying to be a writer; the great critic Broch just beat him over the head with his own computer keyboard. Mattaniah, on the other hand, is a real up-and-comer--but he has a secret he wouldn't want anyone in the literary world to know: his late father was king of Judah. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJeremiah begins to despair, and in that despair has a vision: that Jerusalem is doomed, and that Mattaniah will not only be forced to ascend to the throne but will thereafter witness his people slaughtered and exiled. But what does it mean to tell a friend and rival that his future is bleak? What sort of grudges and biases turn true vision into false prophecy? Can the very act of speaking a prediction aloud make it come true? And, if so, does that make you a seer, or just a schmuck? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDramatizing the eternal dispute between poetry and power, between faith and practicality, between haves and have-nots, Dror Burstein's \u003ci\u003eMuck \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliant and subversive modern-dress retelling of the book of Jeremiah: a comedy with apocalyptic stakes by a star of Israeli fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDror Burstein \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1970 in Netanya, Israel, and lives in Tel Aviv. A novelist, poet, and translator, he is the author of several books, including the novels \u003ci\u003eKin \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNetanya\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been awarded the Jerusalem Prize for Literature; the Ministry of Science and Culture Prize for Poetry; the Bernstein Prize for his debut novel, \u003ci\u003eAvner Brenner\u003c\/i\u003e; the Prime Minister's Prize; and the Goldberg Prize for his 2014 novel, \u003ci\u003eSun's Sister\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47444780220594,"sku":"9781250234872","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/446a493c6b1b59e9111461dfa70dcbe5.webp?v=1778710982","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/muck-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}