{"product_id":"the-wall-by-marlen-haushofer","title":"The Wall by Marlen Haushofer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen her cousin and wife fail to return from a walk, this story takes a sinister turn to a quest of survival\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA woman takes a holiday in the Austrian mountains, spending a few days with her cousin and his wife in their hunting lodge. When the couple fails to return from a walk, the woman sets off to look for them. But her journey reaches a sinister and inexplicable dead end. She discovers only a transparent wall behind which there seems to be no life. Trapped alone behind the mysterious wall she begins the arduous work of survival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is at once a simple account of potatoes and beans, of hoping for a calf, of counting matches, of forgetting the taste of sugar and the use of one's name, and simultaneously a disturbing dissection of the place of human beings in the natural world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e**Perfect for fans of \u003cem\u003eThe Yellow Wallpaper\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Martian\u003c\/em\u003e**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eTranslated from the German by Shaun Whiteside \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lit Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52069940789561,"sku":"11854322","price":65.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/6871\/7369\/files\/11854322.jpg?v=1775102695","url":"https:\/\/shop.cziplee.com\/products\/the-wall-by-marlen-haushofer","provider":"CzipLee Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}