{"product_id":"9781943813292","title":"An Archive of Human Nonsense","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Along the tavern’s back wall he found a small writing desk, around which the floor was stained ink-black and littered with loose scraps of paper. Atop the desk he found a small stack of handwritten newsletters entitled The Archive of Human Nonsense. He picked one up. It was dated 17 April, 1817—eight months previous—and had been hand-penned in German running script. From front to back the small newsletter was eight pages long. It opened with a list of names, twenty-two in all, and closed with a watercolour picture of a giant red rooster . . .”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus begins an existential journey through Vienna’s streets and one man’s guilt-laden memories. From mountebanks, puppet showmen, and trainers of performing monkeys, to the strange Mechanical Theatre of Sebastian von Schwenenfeld, the journey becomes a quest not to find meaning but to define it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Snuggly Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033839845616,"sku":"9781943813292","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781943813292_p0.jpg?v=1763791771","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781943813292","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}