{"product_id":"9781400033515","title":"Frost","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Bernhard combined a searing wit and an unwavering gaze into the human condition. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eFrost,\u003c\/i\u003e marked the beginning of one of the century’s most provocative literary careers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVisceral, raw, singular, and unforgettable, \u003ci\u003eFrost \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of a friendship between a young man beginning his medical career and a painter in his final days. The youth has accepted an unusual assignment, to travel to a miserable mining town in the middle of nowhere in order to clinically—and secretly—observe and report on his mentor’s reclusive brother, the painter Strauch. Carefully disguising himself as a law student with a love of Henry James, he befriends the aging artist and attempts to carry out his mission, only to find himself caught up in his subject’s apparent madness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025242636528,"sku":"9781400033515","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781400033515_p0.jpg?v=1763711896","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781400033515","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}