{"product_id":"the-paper-man-9781567927856","title":"The Paper Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deeply moving interwar romance set between 1930s Austria and 1980s Ireland, based on a real-life unsolved mystery.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1930s Austria. Vienna is a bustling, cosmopolitan city on the brink of war. Matthias Sindelar is an internationally renowned soccer player known as \"The Paper Man\" because of his because of his effortless weave across the field. When Sindelar speaks out against Hitler, his fame can't protect him from being placed under Gestapo surveillance. Meanwhile, Sindelar falls in love with a young Jewish girl named Rebekah. As the atmosphere in Vienna darkens under the Nazi regime, Rebekah flees to relatives in Cork, Ireland. Only after she arrives there does she realize she is pregnant with Sindelar's child. The following year, at the age of 35, The Paper Man is found dead in his apartment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\t\u003cbr\u003e1980s Ireland. In the Jewish Quarter of Cork, Rebekah's son Jack Shine discovers a bundle of German letters and newspaper clippings tied with a ribbon while sorting his mother's belongings. With the help of his German-speaking father-in-law, Jack translates the letters and attempts to piece together his family history and, hopefully, solve the mystery of his father's identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on real people and true events, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Paper Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is the story of twentieth-century Europe, the Holocaust, the cost of fame, and love against the odds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e David R. Godine Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781567927856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Billy O'Callaghan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42761772368053,"sku":"9781567927856","price":24.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_eaab48f0-ff40-4373-9c2d-8198bc3b0721.jpg?v=1678203276","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-paper-man-9781567927856","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}