{"product_id":"2940169577327","title":"The Fox Was Ever the Hunter: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn early masterpiece from the winner of the Nobel Prize, hailed as the laureate of life under totalitarianism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRomania, the last months of the Ceau¿escu regime. Adina is a young schoolteacher, Paul is a musician, and Clara works in a wire factory. Pavel is Clara¿s lover, but one of them works for the secret police and is reporting on the whole group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne day Adina returns home to discover that her fox fur rug has had its tail cut off. On another occasion it¿s the hind leg. Then it¿s a foreleg. The mutilated fur is a sign that she is being tracked by the secret police¿the fox was ever the hunter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImages of photographic precision combine into a kaleidoscope of terror as Adina and her friends struggle to keep mind and body intact in a world pervaded by complicity and permeated with fear, where it¿s hard to tell victim from perpetrator. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Fox Was Ever the Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e, Herta Müller once again uses language that displays the ¿concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose¿¿as the Swedish Academy noted upon awarding her the Nobel Prize¿to create a hauntingly cinematic portrayal of the corruption of the soul under totalitarianism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098051461360,"sku":"2940169577327","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169577327_p0.jpg?v=1769896943","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169577327","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}