{"product_id":"9781564783752","title":"Lend Me Your Character (Eastern European Literature Series)","description":"From the story of Steffie Cvek to \"The Kharms Case,\" the pieces in Dubravka Ugresic's collection Lend Me Your Character are always smart and endlessly entertaining. The former story paints a picture of a harassed and vulnerable typist whose life is shaped entirely by cliches. She searches endlessly for an elusive romantic love in a narrative punctuated by threadbare advice from women's magazines and constructed like a sewing pattern. The latter story is one of Ugresic's funniest and is about the strained relationship between a persistent translator and an unresponsive publisher. The stories collected in Lend Me Your Character the novella \"Steffie Cvek in the Jaws of Life\" and a collection of short stories entitled \"Life Is a Fairy Tale\" solidify Ugresic's reputation as one of Eastern Europe's most playful and inventive writers.\"","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47045226299632,"sku":"9781564783752","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781564783752_p0.jpg?v=1763758945","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781564783752","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}