{"product_id":"9780143036593","title":"Europe Central","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA daring literary masterpiece and winner of the National Book Award. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWatch for Vollmann’s new work of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eNo Immediate Danger\u003c\/i\u003e, coming in April of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this magnificent work of fiction, acclaimed author William T. Vollmann turns his trenchant eye on the authoritarian cultures of Germany and the USSR in the twentieth century to render a mesmerizing perspective on human experience during wartime. Through interwoven narratives that paint a composite portrait of these two battling leviathans and the monstrous age they defined,\u003ci\u003e Europe Central \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures a chorus of voices both real and fictional— a young German who joins the SS to fight its crimes, two generals who collaborate with the enemy for different reasons, the Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich and the Stalinist assaults upon his work and life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008581189872,"sku":"9780143036593","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780143036593_p0.jpg?v=1763656505","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780143036593","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}