{"product_id":"the-return-of-munchausen-9781681370286","title":"The Return of Munchausen","description":"Baron Munchausen's hold on the European imagination dates back to the late eighteenth century when he first pulled himself (and his horse) out of a swamp by his own upturned pigtail. Inspired by the extravagant yarns of a straight-faced former cavalry officer, Hieronymus von M nchhausen, the best-selling legend quickly eclipsed the real-life baron who helped the Russians fight the Turks. Galloping across continents and centuries, the mythical Munchausen's \u003ci\u003eTravels\u003c\/i\u003e went through hundreds of editions of increasing length and luxuriance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, the Russian modernist master of the unsettling and the uncanny, also took certain liberties with the mythical baron. In this phantasmagoric roman   clef set in 1920s Berlin, London, and Moscow, Munchausen dauntlessly upholds his old motto \"Truth in lies,\" while remaining a fierce champion of his own imagination. At the same time, the two-hundred-year-old baron and self-taught philosopher has agreed to return to Russia, Lenin's Russia, undercover. This reluctant secret agent has come out of retirement to engage with the real world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681370286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/17\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43040313245877,"sku":"9781681370286","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5af50f59-166a-49b0-890a-9151d81b9e35.jpg?v=1689089279","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-return-of-munchausen-9781681370286","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}