{"product_id":"hopeful-monsters-paperback","title":"Hopeful Monsters - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholas Mosley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSven Birkerts\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThirty-five years after its original publication, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHopeful Monsters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e reemerges as one of the \"grand intellectual dramas\" of the 20th century (-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sweeping, comprehensive epic, \u003cem\u003eHopeful Monsters\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of the love affair between Max, an English student studying physics and biology, and Eleanor, a German Jew and political radical. Together, Max and Eleanor participate in the great political and intellectual movements which shape the twentieth-century, taking them from Cambridge and Berlin to the Spanish Civil War, Russia, the Sahara, and finally to Los Alamos to witness the first nuclear test. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published as the culminating volume of a series of five works of fiction entitled \"Catastrophe Practice\" that \u003cem\u003eThe Chicago Tribune \u003c\/em\u003ecalled \"one of the most important extended literary projects of [the 20th] century,\" \u003cem\u003eHopeful Monsters\u003c\/em\u003e is the first reissue in a new Dalkey Archive initiative to bring Mosley's epistolary genius back into circulation for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicholas Mosley \u003c\/strong\u003e(b. 1923) was raised in London, England. He is the author of a dozen novels and a half-dozen works of non-fiction, including an acclaimed biography of his father, the late Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the fascist party in England in the 1930s. Films have been made of two of his novels, \u003cem\u003eAccident\u003c\/em\u003e (using a screenplay by Harold Pinter and directed by Joseph Losey) and \u003cem\u003eImpossible Object\u003c\/em\u003e. Mosley passed away in London in 2017 at the age of 93.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSven Birkerts\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of 12 books of essays and memoir, most recently \u003cem\u003eThe Miro Worm\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Mysteries of Writing\u003c\/em\u003e. Former Director of the Bennington Writing Seminars, he co-edits the journal \u003cem\u003eAGNI\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts with his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 578\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46939339817135,"sku":"9781628975741","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/7314\/1679\/files\/rj2QOs_5YD9781628975741.webp?v=1779392963","url":"https:\/\/valuevaultclub.myshopify.com\/products\/hopeful-monsters-paperback","provider":"Value Vault Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}