{"product_id":"broken-glass-park-paperback","title":"Broken Glass Park - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlina Bronsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTim Mohr\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"riveting debut\" a Russian teenager living in Berlin dreams of taking revenge on the man who killed her mother--\"A stark, moving tale of resiliency\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA finalist for the prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow an award-winning motion pictureSeventeen-year-old Sascha Naimann was born in Moscow, but now lives in Berlin with her two younger siblings. She is precocious, independent, streetwise, and ever since her stepfather Vadim murdered her mother several months ago, an orphan. Unlike most of her peers, Sascha doesn't dream of escaping the grim housing project where they live. Sascha's dreams of writing a novel about her beautiful but na ve mother . . . and of taking Vadim's life.\u003cbr\u003eIn a voice that is candid and self-confident, by turns childlike and mature, Sascha relates the internal struggle between those forces that can destroy us, and those that lead us out of sorrow and back to life. \u003cem\u003eBroken Glass Park\u003c\/em\u003e goes straight to the heart of what it means to be young, alive, and conscious in these first decades of the new millenium. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A gripping portrayal of life on the margins of society.\"--\u003ci\u003eFreundin magazine\u003c\/i\u003e(Germany)\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussian-born \u003cb\u003eAlina Bronksy\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eBroken Glass Park\u003c\/i\u003e (Europa, 2010); \u003ci\u003eThe Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine\u003c\/i\u003e (Europa, 2011), named a Best Book of 2011 by \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eJust Call Me Superhero\u003c\/i\u003e (Europa, 2014). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Mohr \u003c\/b\u003espent the 1990s as a club DJ in Berlin and much of the next decade as a staff editor at \u003ci\u003ePlayboy \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. He is the translator of \u003ci\u003eGuantanamo, \u003c\/i\u003eby Dorothea Dieckmann, which won the Three Percent award for best translation of 2007, and \u003ci\u003eWetlands, \u003c\/i\u003eby Charlotte Roche. He is currently at work on his own book, a history of the punk music scene in East Germany.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 221\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760140026144,"sku":"9781933372969","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/56fe9d45acf241d98ed238e948af9fa2.webp?v=1780172637","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/broken-glass-park-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}