{"product_id":"the-masochist-paperback","title":"The Masochist - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatja Perat\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy would people trouble themselves with the facts, when fiction is so much more enticing?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigned as a historical novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Masochist\u003c\/i\u003e forges an intimate portrait of a young, tenacious woman who, in uncertain times at the end of the 19th century, chose an uncertain path - the only path that could lead her to freedom. On Christmas Eve 1874, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, whom history would remember as the most famous masochist, left his home in Bruck an der Mur in Austria for the unknown. The novel surmises he didn't come back alone, but brought with him a new family member: a tiny red-haired girl he found in the forests around Lemberg\/ Lviv. \u003ci\u003eThe Masochist\u003c\/i\u003e is the memoir of Nadezhda Moser, the woman this little girl becomes, a fictional character who forces her way among the historical figures of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a pseudo-autobiographical novel that returns post-postmodernism to modernism and offers an intimate portrayal of the limits of women's desire and freedom against the backdrop of ethnic, class and gender tensions of an empire that hasn't yet perceived its decline had already begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42709353988159,"sku":"9781912545179","price":17.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/85b73cdf728094ac61bcb6c3774ab743.webp?v=1765051133","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-masochist-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}