
The Back of Beyond
Travels with Benjamin
Martin Vopnka(Author)
Plamen Press
Published on 20. July 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
310 pages
978-1-951508-01-2 (ISBN)
Description
Martin Vopnka's novel, The Back of Beyond-Travels with Benjamin, is the story of a middle-aged man, who-despite his professional success and affluence-lacks fulfillment. After the tragic death of his wife, he is left alone with his eight-year-old son and quickly realizes that if he wants to succeed in the role of single parent that has suddenly been thrust upon him, he has to change fundamentally. So, he takes his son and sets out on a journey to what he dubs the Back of Beyond. Without telling anyone of their plans-in fact, without any plans to speak of-father and son travel from city to city, from country to country, assembling a travelogue that includes not only depictions of exotic places and colorful encounters, but also an inner journey, deep into the human experience and the complexities of living in a post-communist world. With its unique blend of sensitive and suggestive language, The Back of Beyond - Travels with Benjamin is a stylistic gem, rendered in seamless translation and appearing here for the first time in English.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Academic Studies Press
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-951508-01-2 (9781951508012)
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Persons
Writer, traveler, and publisher Martin Vopnka was born in 1963. He received a degree at the Czech Technical University from the Department of Nuclear Science an Physics. He worked for the Psychiatric Research Institute in Prague before launching the publishing company Prah in 1990 in the Czech Republic. His books include Ballad of Descent (Northwestern University Press, 1992), The Fifth Demention (Barbican Press, 2016), and My Brother the Messiah (Barbican Press, 2021).