{"product_id":"9781939931238","title":"Killing Auntie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The Polish postwar firebrand Andrzej Bursa acquired a reputation as a quick-burning, existentially tormented rebel. . . . Yet Bursa's dark humor and deadpan satire . . . keep utter bleakness at bay.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A revolution against the banality of everyday life.\"—\u003ci\u003eGazeta Krakowska\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young university student named Jurek, with no particular ambitions or talents, is adrift. After his doting aunt asks him to perform a small chore, he decides to kill her for no good reason other than, perhaps, boredom. \u003ci\u003eKilling Auntie\u003c\/i\u003e follows Jurek as he seeks to dispose of the corpse—a task more difficult than one might imagine—and then falls in love with a girl he meets on a train. Can he tell her what he's done? Will that ruin everything?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I'm convinced—simply—that we are all guilty,\" says Jurek, and his adventures with nosy neighbors, false-toothed grandmothers, and love-making lynxes shed light on how an entire society becomes involved in the murder and disposal of dear old Auntie. This is a short comedic masterpiece combining elements of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jean-Paul Sartre, Franz Kafka, and Joseph Heller, coming together in the end to produce an unforgettable tale of murder and—just maybe—redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrzej Bursa\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1934 in Krakow, Poland, and died twenty-five years later. In his brief lifetime he composed some of the most original Polish writing of the twentieth century. \u003ci\u003eKilling Auntie\u003c\/i\u003e is his only novel. His brilliant career and tragic early death established him as a cult figure among restless and disenchanted youth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Vessel Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137740914928,"sku":"9781939931238","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781939931238_p0.jpg?v=1763667221","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939931238","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}