{"product_id":"funeral-for-a-dog-9780393337259","title":"Funeral for a Dog","description":"Journalist Daniel Mandelkern leaves Hamburg on assignment to interview Dirk Svensson, a reclusive children's book author who lives alone on the Italian side of Lake Lugano with his three-legged dog. Mandelkern has been quarreling with his wife (who is also his editor); he suspects she has other reasons for sending him away.After stumbling on a manuscript of Svensson's about a complicated menage a trois, Mandelkern is plunged into mysteries past and present. Rich with anthropological and literary allusion, this prize-winning debut set in Europe, Brazil, and New York, tells the parallel stories of two writers struggling with the burden of the past and the uncertainties of the future. Funeral for a Dog won the prestigious Uwe-Johnson Prize, and critics raved: \"Pletzinger's debut is a real smash hit. It's been a long time since a young German writer has thrown himself into the hurly-burly of life and literature with so much intelligence and bravado\" (Wolfgang Hobel, Der Spiegel).\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393337259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/23\/2011 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/27\/2011 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/03\/2011 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2010 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thomas Pletzinger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38012688957621,"sku":"9780393337259","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d5340384-a3f6-42f6-8bf9-aa206b92c7a6.jpg?v=1609137379","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/funeral-for-a-dog-9780393337259","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}