{"product_id":"the-vienna-paradox-9780811215718","title":"The Vienna Paradox","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Vienna Paradox\u003c\/em\u003e is Marjorie Perloff's memoir of growing up in pre-World War II Vienna, her escape to America in 1938 with her upper-middle-class, highly cultured, and largely assimilated Jewish family, and her self-transformation from the German-speaking Gabriele Mintz to the English-speaking Marjorie--who also happened to be the granddaughter of Richard Schüller, the Austrian foreign minister under Chancellor Dollfuss and a special delegate to the League of Nations. Compelling as the story is, this is hardly a conventional memoir. Rather, it interweaves biographical anecdote and family history with speculations on the historical development of early 20th-century Vienna as it was experienced by her parents' generation, and how the loss of their \"high\" culture affected the lives of these cultivated refugees in a democratic United States that was, and remains, deeply suspicious of perceived \"elitism.\" This is, in other words, an intellectual memoir, both elegant and heartfelt, by one of America's leading critics, a narrative in which literary and philosophical reference is as central as the personal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811215718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.20w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/30\/2004\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Marjorie Perloff","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44833802977461,"sku":"9780811215718","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_53ab4eae-cdba-4793-8e75-1f3393535bd8.jpg?v=1732030161","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-vienna-paradox-9780811215718","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}