Transparency Library of Korean Literature [Liechtenstein] JENS DITTMAR His Cryptologists

[Liechtenstein] JENS DITTMAR His Cryptologists

Marek Bieńczyk is right to give it an entire book of its own: transparency remains one of the foundational concepts of today's social imaginary

in a selection from his two books of essays

will thrill readers of fearless stylists like Blanchot

Transparency Library of Korean Literature [Liechtenstein] JENS DITTMAR His CryptologistsDrawing on his resources as a novelist, cultural critic, and scholar, Marek Bieczyk peels away the layers of our contemporary obsession with "transparency," skipping across centuries and continents to piece together the genesis of our fears of deception. Milan Kundera on Marek Bieczyk's Transparency: "The subject of transparency has always interested me; in The Art of the Novel I discussed it as one of the key words in my personal lexicon. Marek