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A comprehensive collection of reza negarestani s writings from 20032018, abducting the outside begins with texts in which horror, decay, cruelty, and barbarism assail the solidity of thought. In order to think narration in a world that is devoid of any narrative necessity an expanding space into which all ideas of embodiments dissolve and an absolute time whose radical contingency aborts any necessary difference to which a narrative can be applied. Intelligence and spirit by reza negarestani goodreads. Aug 14, 2010 reza negarestani s first novel cyclonopedia.
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The books weaknesses have to do with negarestani s shortcomings as a fiction writer, and also her shortcomings as a theoretician. Discussion miguel abreu scott lyall elie ayache matthew poole reza negarestani robin mackay. Were excerpting the novel in our anthology the weird, and reza is a contributor to. His writings have gained wide recognition and gathered a. Reza negarestani is an iranian philosopher and writer who lives and works in the middle east. Complicity with anonymous materials is among my favorite books of the aughts, and the most original piece of fiction ive read in ages. Contingency and complicity by reza negarestani from the. Complicity with anonymous materials anomaly series by reza negarestani.
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