{"product_id":"the-sleep-of-the-righteous-9781931883474","title":"The Sleep of the Righteous","description":"Doppelg ngers, a murderer's guilt, pulp noir, fanatical police, and impossible romances--these are the pieces from which German master Wolfgang Hilbig builds a divided nation battling its demons. Delving deep into the psyches of both East and West Germany, \u003ci\u003eThe Sleep of the Righteous\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a powerful, apocalyptic account of the century-defining nation's trajectory from 1945 to 1989. From a youth in a war-scarred industrial town to wearying labor as a factory stoker, surreal confrontations with the Stasi, and, finally, a conflicted escape to the West, Hilbig creates a cipher that is at once himself and so many of his fellow Germans. Evoking the eerie bleakness of films like Tarkovsky's \u003ci\u003eStalker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lives of Others, \u003c\/i\u003e this titan of German letters combines the Romanticism of Poe with the absurdity of Kafka to create a visionary, somber statement on the ravages of history and the promises of the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Two Lines Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931883474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/31\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/10\/2016 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/17\/2016 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wolfgang Hilbig","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670868258972,"sku":"9781931883474","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e3cd9ecc-3c47-427c-a8f4-42b60453b334.jpg?v=1603923831","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-sleep-of-the-righteous-9781931883474","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}