{"product_id":"9781504026666","title":"Nosferatu: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA New York Times Notable Book:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe richly imagined fictional life of one of cinema’s founding fathers from National Book Award finalist Jim Shepard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1907, while waiting for a train that would take him from his quiet rural hometown to university in cosmopolitan Berlin, Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe met Hans Ehrenbaum-Degele, the great passion of his life. Hans was the catalyst for Plumpe’s transformation into F. W. Murnau, the filmmaker best known for directing \u003ci\u003eNosferatu\u003c\/i\u003e—the iconic silent film adaption of Bram Stoker’s \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e—as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Last Laugh\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunrise\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTabu\u003c\/i\u003e. As we follow Murnau from the airfields of the Great War to the cafés and clubs of Weimar Berlin to the virtual invention of filmmaking, and from there to the South Seas, we chart the progress of a man desperate to open himself to others but nonetheless continually “at home in no house and in no country.” While devoted to those he loved, Murnau remained hamstrung by self-loathing and, like his vampiric creation, afraid of his own “terrible inhumanness.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In his fascinating fictionalized biography of Murnau, Jim Shepard, author of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Aron\u003c\/i\u003e, brings both Weimar-era Germany and the early days of film to life in roaring, irresistible detail, delving into the heart and mind of a troubled genius and uncovering the inner turmoil of a reclusive and enigmatic cinema pioneer.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157078130928,"sku":"9781504026666","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504026666_p0.jpg?v=1763710041","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504026666","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}