{"product_id":"9780374533649","title":"A Sorrow Beyond Dreams: A Life Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The Sunday edition of the \u003ci\u003eKärntner Volkszeitung \u003c\/i\u003ecarried the following item under ‘Local News': ‘In the village of A. (G. township), a housewife, aged 51, committed suicide on Friday night by taking an overdose of sleeping pills.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo opens \u003ci\u003eA Sorrow Beyond Dreams, \u003c\/i\u003ethe eminent Austrian novelist and playwright Peter Handke's reckoning with his mother's life—which spanned the rise of the Nazis, World War II, and postwar suffering—and death. Both stark and lyrical, full of love, anger, admiration, and a keen sense of history, this slim book reveals Handke at his most lucid and direct. It is the most moving and accessible work in his distinguished career; it is \"indispensable\" (Bill Marx, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012890345712,"sku":"9780374533649","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780374533649_p0.jpg?v=1763690902","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780374533649","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}