{"product_id":"vanishing-lung-syndrome-miroslav-holub-1st-edition","title":"Vanishing Lung Syndrome, Miroslav Holub — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication\u003c\/strong\u003e: London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1990 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormatting\u003c\/strong\u003e: 8vo, pp. 68.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Near Fine. This copy remains remarkably well-preserved with only a number of small flaws. The paperback binding maintains its structural integrity and feels tight, with an uncreased spine suggesting it has been carefully handled and perhaps unread. The brightly decorated card wrappers are clean and vibrant, showing only faint, barely perceptible rubbing to the extreme corners and the slightest hint of shelf-wear along the bottom edge. Internally, the pages are crisp and completely free from creases or significant marks; they do exhibit the characteristic, uniform age-toning typical of the paper stock used by Faber during this era, but this is a natural consequence of time and nothing that detracts from their overall condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: First Edition, paperback issue. Translated from the Czech by David Young and Dana Hábová. Issued simultaneously with the hardback edition, this volume represents one of the major English-language releases of Holub’s work in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eThe present copy is distinguished by an exceptional presentation inscription from the author on the half-title page. In addition to a bold, clean signature, Holub has penned a four-line poetic stanza: \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"201\"\u003e\"You're you, and I'm me, \/ but sometimes \/ You're me, and I'm you. \/ A strange business : love.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eWhile flat-signed copies of Holub's works appear on the market with some regularity, copies bearing full, hand-written stanzas by the poet are considerably scarcer and represent a substantial premium over standard reading or inscribed copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eA masterful collection from the renowned Czech poet and immunologist Miroslav Holub, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"91\"\u003eVanishing Lung Syndrome\u003c\/i\u003e explores the intersection of clinical science and human fragility. With his characteristic dry wit, acute observational prowess, and deep well of compassion, Holub dissects the political, physical, and emotional maladies of the modern age. Organized around a series of medical metaphors, these poems stand as a testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of systemic absurdity and existential vulnerability, confirming Holub's legacy as one of the most vital European voices of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54385200464211,"sku":"4729","price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260717_193122.jpg?v=1784808546","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/vanishing-lung-syndrome-miroslav-holub-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}