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The Pirate Who Does Not Know the Value of Pi (NYRB Poets)

Eugene Ostashevsky

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Description:An original collection from one of the most active poets in contemporary literature. The Pirate Who Does Not Know the Value of Pi is a poem-novel about the relationship between a pirate and a parrot who, after capturing a certain quantity of prizes, are shipwrecked on a deserted island, where they proceed to discuss whether they would have been able to communicate with people indigenous to the island, had there been any. Characterized by multilingual punning, humor puerile and set-theoretical, philosophical irony and narrative handicaps, Eugene Ostashevsky's new large-scale project draws on sources as various as early modern texts about pirates and animal intelligence, old-school hip-hop, and game theory to pursue the themes of emigration, incomprehension, untranslatability, and the otherness of others.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Pirate Who Does Not Know the Value of Pi (NYRB Poets). To get started finding The Pirate Who Does Not Know the Value of Pi (NYRB Poets), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: An original collection from one of the most active poets in contemporary literature. The Pirate Who Does Not Know the Value of Pi is a poem-novel about the relationship between a pirate and a parrot who, after capturing a certain quantity of prizes, are shipwrecked on a deserted island, where they proceed to discuss whether they would have been able to communicate with people indigenous to the island, had there been any. Characterized by multilingual punning, humor puerile and set-theoretical, philosophical irony and narrative handicaps, Eugene Ostashevsky's new large-scale project draws on sources as various as early modern texts about pirates and animal intelligence, old-school hip-hop, and game theory to pursue the themes of emigration, incomprehension, untranslatability, and the otherness of others.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Pirate Who Does Not Know the Value of Pi (NYRB Poets). To get started finding The Pirate Who Does Not Know the Value of Pi (NYRB Poets), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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