{"product_id":"9781852429454","title":"Castorp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e Foreign Fiction Prize, 2008\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Delightful . . . gently, deceptively provocative.”— \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Full of depth and allusion . . . wonderfully absurd humour.”— \u003ci\u003eThe Independent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by Thomas Mann’s \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eCastorp\u003c\/i\u003e recounts Hans Castorp’s student years in Gdansk, Poland. Pawel Huelle imagines what happened when Castorp encounters people, events, and ideas that anticipate the years to come, including an enigmatic woman who becomes his obsession.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet at the dawn of the twentieth century, \u003ci\u003eCastorp\u003c\/i\u003e conveys with elegant restraint the accelerating pressure as Europe hurtles toward the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePawel Huelle\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist. He lives in Gdansk, Poland. His previous novels include \u003ci\u003eMercedes-Benz\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Serpent's Tail Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051737366768,"sku":"9781852429454","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781852429454_p0.jpg?v=1763596957","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781852429454","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}