{"product_id":"9780857420893","title":"Death in Persia","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the rediscovery of her work in the late 1980s, Annemarie Schwarzenbach—journalist, traveler, archaeologist, opium addict, and antifascist novelist—has become a European cult figure among free spirited bohemians.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAvailable in English for the first time and beautifully translated by Lucy Renner Jones, \u003ci\u003eDeath in Persia\u003c\/i\u003e is a collage of the political and the private, documenting Schwarzenbach’s intimate feelings and public ideas during four trips to Persia between 1933 and 1939. From her reflections on individual responsibility in the lead-up to World War II to her reactions to accusations from her friends of having deserted Europe and the antifascist cause for Tehran, Schwarzenbach recorded a great deal about daily life in Persia, and, most personally, her ill-fated love affair with Jalé, the daughter of the Turkish ambassador.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChronologically preceding Schwarzenbach’s exquisite travelogue \u003ci\u003eAll the Roads are Open, \u003c\/i\u003ean account of her automobile journey from Geneva to Afghanistan in 1939, \u003ci\u003eDeath in Persia\u003c\/i\u003e is the enthralling diary of an astute observer standing at the crossroads of major events in history and a gorgeous new addition to Annemarie Schwarzenbach’s growing English-language oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008608714992,"sku":"9780857420893","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780857420893_p0.jpg?v=1763758189","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780857420893","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}