{"product_id":"the-end-of-days-hardcover","title":"The End of Days - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJenny Erpenbeck\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSusan Bernofsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe End of Days, \u003c\/em\u003eby acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, consists essentially of five \"books,\" each leading to a different death of an unnamed woman protagonist. How could it all have gone differently? the narrator asks in the intermezzos between. The first chapter begins with the death of a baby in the early twentieth-century Hapsburg Empire. In the next chapter, the same girl grows up in Vienna, but her strange relationship with a boy leads to another death. In the next scenario, she survives adolescence and moves to Russia with her husband. Both are dedicated Communists, but our heroine is sent to a labor camp. She is spared in the next chapter with the help of someone's intervention and returns to Berlin to become a respected writer. . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe End of Days\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliant novel of contingency and fate. A novel of incredible breadth, yet amazing concision, \u003cem\u003eThe End of Days\u003c\/em\u003e offers a unique overview of German and German-Jewish history by \"one of the finest, most exciting authors alive\" (Michael Faber).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 8.53 x 5.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757726204192,"sku":"9780811221924","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cdfe96ca12892c09c317d50ce1088045.webp?v=1780110190","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-end-of-days-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}