{"product_id":"the-cremator-9788024632902","title":"The Cremator","description":"\"The devil's neatest trick is to persuade us that he doesn't exist.\"--Giovanni Papini \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is a maxim that both rings true in our contemporary world and pervades this tragicomic novel of anxiety and evil set amid the horrors of World War II. As a gay man living in a totalitarian, patriarchal society, noted Czech writer Ladislav Fuks identified with the tragic fate of his Jewish countrymen during the Holocaust. \u003ci\u003eThe Cremator\u003c\/i\u003e arises from that shared experience. Fuks presents a grotesque, dystopian world in which a dutiful father, following the strict logic of his time, liberates the souls of his loved ones by destroying their bodies--first the dead, then the living. As we watch this very human character--a character who never ceases to believe that he is doing good--become possessed by an inhuman ideology, the evil that initially permeates the novel's atmosphere concretizes in this familiar family man. A study of the totalitarian mindset with stunning resonance for today, \u003ci\u003eThe Cremator\u003c\/i\u003e is a disturbing, powerful work of literary horror.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Karolinum Press, Charles University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788024632902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.10w x 0.50d","brand":"Ladislav Fuks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43397782208693,"sku":"9788024632902","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5b9a9730-9c83-41a5-be63-de12fced800b.jpg?v=1702394389","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-cremator-9788024632902","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}