{"product_id":"the-blindness-of-the-heart-paperback","title":"The Blindness of the Heart - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulia Franck\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnthea Bell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn international best seller and winner of the German Book Prize, \u003ci\u003eThe Blindness of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark marvel of a novel by one of Europe's freshest young voices--a family story spanning two world wars and several generations in a German family. In the devastating opening scene, a woman named Helene stands with her seven-year-old son in a provincial German railway station in 1945, amid the chaos of civilians fleeing west. Having survived with him through the horror and deprivation of the war years, she abandons him on the station platform and never returns. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story quickly circles back to rural Germany and Helene's childhood, which came to an abrupt end with the outbreak of the First World War. Her father is sent to the eastern front, and her Jewish mother withdraws from the hostility of her surroundings into a state of mental confusion. As we follow Helene into adulthood, we watch riveted as the costs of survival and ill-fated love turn her into a woman capable of the unforgiveable.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulia Franck was born in Berlin in 1970. The Blindness of the Heart, which won the German Book Prize and has sold over 800,000 copies in Germany alone, is her first novel to be translated into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761374855456,"sku":"9780802145499","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8a84305ce263c613c981bd05dc34c453.webp?v=1780205904","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-blindness-of-the-heart-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}