{"product_id":"9781250063748","title":"The Exiles Return: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eWITH A FOREWORD BY EDMUND DE WAAL, AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE HARE WITH AMBER EYES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSET IN THE ASHES OF POST–SECOND WORLD WAR VIENNA, A POWERFUL, SUBTLE NOVEL OF EXILES RETURNING HOME FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER FLEEING HITLER'S DEADLY REIGN \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVienna is demolished by war, the city an alien landscape of ruined castles, a fractured ruling class, and people picking up the pieces. Elisabeth de Waal's mesmerizing \u003ci\u003eThe Exiles Return\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunningly vivid postwar story of Austria's fallen aristocrats, unrepentant Nazis, and a culture degraded by violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel follows a number of exiles, each returning under very different circumstances, who must come to terms with a city in painful recovery. There is Kuno Adler, a Jewish research scientist, who is tired of his unfulfilling existence in America; Theophil Kanakis, a wealthy Greek businessman, seeking to plunder some of the spoils of war; Marie-Theres, a brooding teenager, sent by her parents in hopes that the change of scene will shake her out of her funk; and Prince \"Bimbo\" Grein, a handsome young man with a title divested of all its social currency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith immaculate precision and sensitivity, de Waal, an exile herself, captures a city rebuilding and relearning its identity, and the people who have to do the same. Mesmerizing and tragic, de Waal has written a masterpiece of European literature, an artifact revealing a moment in our history, clear as a snapshot, but timeless as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034278248688,"sku":"9781250063748","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250063748_p0.jpg?v=1763762327","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250063748","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}