{"product_id":"gargoyles-9781400077557","title":"Gargoyles","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe playwright and novelist Thomas Bernhard was one of the most widely translated and admired writers of his generation, winner of the three most coveted literary prizes in Germany. \u003ci\u003eGargoyles, \u003c\/i\u003eone of his earliest novels, is a singular, surreal study of the nature of humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne morning a doctor and his son set out on daily rounds through the grim mountainous Austrian countryside. They observe the colorful characters they encounter--from an innkeeper whose wife has been murdered to a crippled musical prodigy kept in a cage--coping with physical misery, madness, and the brutality of the austere landscape. The parade of human grotesques culminates in a hundred-page monologue by an eccentric, paranoid prince, a relentlessly flowing cascade of words that is classic Bernhard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400077557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.26w x 0.58d","brand":"Thomas Bernhard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917122375861,"sku":"9781400077557","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a65f8aa6-a929-4193-b88f-1e85c31ed10c.jpg?v=1687278079","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/gargoyles-9781400077557","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}