{"product_id":"9781784878030","title":"The Wall","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Marlen Haushofer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAustria\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 July 2022 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Vintage Earth' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e150 x 424 x 24mm | 182g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe strange and suspenseful dystopian classic about an ordinary woman whose weekend away in the Austrian mountains takes an inexplicable and sinister turn - and becomes a fight for survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**FOR FANS OF I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN**A woman takes a holiday in the Austrian mountains, spending a few days with her cousin and his wife in their hunting lodge. When the couple fails to return from a walk, the woman sets off to look for them. But her journey reaches a sinister and inexplicable dead end. She discovers only a transparent wall behind which there seems to be no life. Trapped alone behind the mysterious wall she begins the arduous work of survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is at once a simple account of potatoes and beans, of hoping for a calf, of counting matches, of forgetting the taste of sugar and the use of one's name, and simultaneously a disturbing dissection of the place of human beings in the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the most beautiful and most harrowing books I’ve ever read, as well as one of the best' Susan Choi'Every joint and sinew of the story is restless with a sense of threat' London Review of Books'Brilliant in its sustainment of dread, in its peeling away of old layers of reality to expose a raw way of seeing and feeling.' Nicole KraussTRANSLATED BY SHAUN WHITESIDEVINTAGE EARTH is a collection of novels to transform our relationship with the natural world. Each one is a work of creative activism, a blast of fresh air, a seed from which change can grow. The books in this series reconnect us to the planet we inhabit - and must protect. Discover great writing on the most urgent story of our times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlen Haushofer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58288039690565,"sku":"9781784878030","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781784878030.jpg?v=1781596696","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781784878030","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}