num_pages: 146
description: A collection of essays from Miroslav Holub, the Czech immunologist and poet. In one essay, the wanton assassination of a musk rat provokes a meticulous meditation on the nature of survival that manages to be both a lucid scientific exposition and a concealed allegory on Central European politics.
language: English
title: The Dimension of the Present Moment and Other Essays
titlecomplete: The Dimension of the Present Moment and Other Essays
genres: Essays
ratings_count: 27
publisher: Faber & Faber