{"product_id":"9780571396580","title":"Illusions (Faber Editions)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The rediscovery of this lost classic will shift perceptions of German literature in the English speaking world. Mercurial, seductive, smart and startling.' - Megan Nolan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour office workers, one unforgettable weekend - this shimmering lost German classic unveils the hidden lives inside every employee.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to the Wellis Corporation. Twenty-three storeys of shimmering glass cubicles, rattling typewriters, spiraling corridors: a corporate kingdom with its own neon light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross the glittering panes, the acrobatic window cleaner swoops and dives, or pauses, still as a gargoyle, seeing things that nobody else sees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver one weekend, we follow four employees into their private worlds. An ageing secretary; a translator in a mid-life-crisis; a once-glamorous typist; and a lovelorn trainee. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether, they reveal the illusions we live by - in the workplace, in the home and in our own mind's eye.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLost for decades since it was first published in Germany in 1959, introduced by Megan Nolan and in a hypnotic new translation by Rob Madole, this crystalline debut novel by a pioneering female writer rewrites German literary history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Entershine Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":50958757593327,"sku":"9780571396580","price":22.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0559\/3877\/7237\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1d09267e-6aa6-4da3-a0e1-a23a23d6c922.jpg?v=1791303517","url":"https:\/\/www.entershinebookshop.ca\/products\/9780571396580","provider":"Entershine Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}