{"product_id":"lyric-novella-paperback","title":"Lyric Novella - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnnemarie Schwarzenbach\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLucy Renner Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eLucy Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSchwarzenbach's clear, psychologically acute prose makes this novella an evocative narrative, with many intriguing parallels to her own life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Annemarie Schwarzenbach--journalist, novelist, antifascist, archaeologist, and traveler--has become a European cult figure for bohemian free spirits since the rediscovery of her works in the late 1980s. \u003ci\u003eLyric Novella\u003c\/i\u003e is her story of a young man's obsession with a Berlin variété actress. Despite having his future career mapped out for him in the diplomatic service, the young man begins to question all his family values under Sibylle's spell. His family, future, and social standing become irrelevant when set against his overriding compulsion to pick her up every night from the theater so they can go for a drive. Bringing the story back to her own life, Schwarzenbach admitted after publication that her hero was in fact a young woman, not a man, leaving little doubt that \u003ci\u003eLyric Novella\u003c\/i\u003e is a literary tale of lesbian love during socially and politically turbulent times.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnemarie Schwarzenbach \u003c\/b\u003e(1908-42)\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewas a writer, journalist, and photographer who worked periodically as an archaeologist. She is the author of the poem \u003ci\u003eAus Tétouan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Der Krater der Tiere\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Das Wunder des Baumes\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eLucy Renner Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance translator living in Berlin.\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 0.3 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765871280416,"sku":"9781803090375","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2328299d7d1d2e0173b909db8e927a7e.webp?v=1780282091","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lyric-novella-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}