{"product_id":"9780811219587","title":"Kornel Esti","description":"\u003cp\u003eA great masterpiece never before available in English, \u003cem\u003eKornél Esti\u003c\/em\u003e is the wild final book by a Hungarian genius.\u003c\/p\u003e Crazy, funny and gorgeously dark, \u003cem\u003eKornél Esti\u003c\/em\u003e sets into rollicking action a series of adventures about a man and his wicked dopplegänger, who breathes every forbidden idea of his childhood into his ear, and then reappears decades later.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part Gogol, part Chekhov, and all brilliance, Kosztolányi in his final book serves up his most magical, radical, and intoxicating work. Here is a novel which inquires: What if your id (loyally keeping your name) decides to strike out on its own, cuts a disreputable swath through the world, and then sends home to you all its unpaid bills and ruined maidens? And then: What if you and your alter ego decide to write a book together?","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123845906672,"sku":"9780811219587","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780811219587_p0.jpg?v=1763742605","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780811219587","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}