{"product_id":"killing-the-second-dog-paperback","title":"Killing the Second Dog - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarek Hlasko\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTomasz Mirkowicz\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eLesley Chamberlain\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hardboiled novel of deception and betrayal in 1960s Israel, where tough men and desperate women all play a role.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarek Hlasko, known as the Polish James Dean, made his literary debut in 1956 with a short story collection. Born in 1933, he was known for his brutal prose style and his unflinching eye toward his surroundings. In 1956, Hlasko went to France; while there, he fell out of favor with the Polish communist authorities, and was given a choice of returning home and renouncing some of his work, or staying abroad forever. He chose the latter, and spent the next decade living and writing in many countries, from France to West Germany to the United States to Israel. Hlasko died in 1969 of a fatal mixture of alcohol and sleeping pills in Wiesbaden, West Germany, preparing for another sojourn in Israel. Besides Killing the Second Dog, his translated works include the novels Eighth Day of the Week, All Backs Were Turned, Next Stop - Paradise, and The Graveyard, and a memoir, Beautiful Twentysomethings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTomasz Mirkowicz: Tomasz Mirkowicz, translator of American and British fiction, was born in Warsaw in 1953. He translated into Polish the works of Ken Kesey, George Orwell, Jerzy Kosinski, Harry Matthews, Robert Coover, Alan Sillitoe and Charles Bukowski. Mirkowicz, also a fiction writer and critic, died in 2003. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLesley Chamberlain: Lesley Chamberlain is a British journalist, travel writer and historian of Russian and German culture and has published short stories and novels and written about food. Her works include Nietzsche in Turin and The Philosophy Steamer Lenin and the Exile of the Intelligentsia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 138\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692931223615,"sku":"9781939931115","price":19.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/fc6c23ccf0ff68f4ed44c1ab681a2db9.webp?v=1764997137","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/killing-the-second-dog-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}