{"product_id":"prater-violet-paperback","title":"Prater Violet - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Isherwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePrater Violet\u003c\/i\u003e is the most charming novel I have read in a long time.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiana Trilling\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1945, Christopher Isherwood's \u003ci\u003ePrater Violet\u003c\/i\u003e is a stingingly satirical novel about the film industry. It centers around the production of the vacuous fictional melodrama \u003ci\u003ePrater Violet\u003c\/i\u003e, set in nineteenth-century Vienna, providing an ironic counterpoint to tragic events as Hitler annexes the real Vienna of the 1930s. The novel features vivid portraits of the imperious, passionate, and witty Austrian director Friedrich Bergmann and his disciple, a genial young screenwriter--the fictionalized Christopher Isherwood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Isherwood\u003c\/b\u003e (1904-1986) lived in Berlin from 1928 to 1933 and immigrated to the United States in 1939. A major figure in twentieth-century fiction and the gay rights movement, he wrote more than twenty books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42694640861247,"sku":"9780374535247","price":26.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a72b640b8a62352446567887db578555.webp?v=1765001792","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/prater-violet-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}