{"product_id":"9780996607506","title":"Preview","description":"Preview is a tragicomic novella with two main characters, Kaputev and Bogoman, strangers to each other who are \"crossed-outs\" - state enemies in a dictator- ship behind the Iron Curtain. As they sit in an empty theatre waiting for the previews to start, their personal stories unfold, high- lighting the absurdity, comedy and terror of living under a dictatorship, including the per- verse intimacy of the narrator's realization that his thoughts are being picked up and read by his companion.\u003cbr\u003eDuring the film, a lavish production about draining a Siberian swamp, Bogoman's story of a ludicrous weekend at a government resort develops. Even as the story becomes more and more intense and complex, the char- acters can never shake the omnipresent fear of lurking authorities. As Bogoman continues his tale of time spent with a professor, writer, informant, mother-daughter duo, and a tragic toilet accident, it becomes clear that he 'chose to hide in the theatre after a week- end gone spectacularly wrong.\u003cbr\u003eWitty, complex, suspenseful, and full of insight, Orlin Oroschakoff's Preview brings a fresh voice and exciting perspective to the literary canon.","brand":"Orlin G. Oroschakoff","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49977425854704,"sku":"9780996607506","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780996607506","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}