On Wing

Translated by Mark Kanak
A great Slovak philosopher-poet Róbert Gál’s work of fiction, On Wing is atomized into hundreds of tiny aphorisms, dreams, anecdotes, and inquiries.
“The Czech Cioran …” —Andrei Codrescu
“Gál’s aphorisms combine incisive question-raising and gently troubling images involving Time, God … and existential self-awareness.” —The Antioch Review
“Gál is a phenomenon unto himself: a purveyor of neurotic philosophy encapsulated in elliptical portents and epifragmentals, the content of which is at all odds with their length.” —Joshua Cohen