{"product_id":"2940169464658","title":"The Vanishing of Katharina Linden: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNot since \u003ci\u003eThe Elegance of the Hedgehog \u003c\/i\u003ehas a book arrived in America from Europe on such wings of critical praise and popularity. \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing of Katharina Linden \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable debut-at once chilling and endearing, haunting and richly insightful-the story of one girl's big heart and even bigger imagination, and of a world full of mystery, good, and evil.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt isn't ten-year-old Pia's fault that her grandmother dies in a freak accident. But tell that to the citizens of Pia's little German hometown of Bad Münstereifel, or to the classmates who shun her. The only one who still wants to be her friend is StinkStefan, the most unpopular child in school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut then something else captures the community's attention: the vanishing of Katharina Linden. Katharina was last seen on a float in a parade, dressed as Snow White. Then, like a character in a Grimm's fairy tale, she disappears. But, this being real life, she doesn't return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePia and Stefan suspect that Katharina has been spirited away by the supernatural. Their investigation is inspired by the instructive-and cautionary-local legends told to them by their elderly friend Herr Schiller, tales such as that of Unshockable Hans, visited by witches in the form of cats, or of the knight whose son is doomed to hunt forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen another girl disappears, and Pia is plunged into a new and unnerving place, one far away from fairy tales-and perilously close to adulthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarvelously morbid, stunningly suspenseful, and exceptionally winning, \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing of Katharina Linden\u003c\/i\u003e is a new coming-of-age classic, and the most accomplished fiction debut in years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116687278320,"sku":"2940169464658","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169464658_p0.jpg?v=1763683279","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169464658","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}