{"product_id":"the-fall-of-the-king-paperback","title":"The Fall of the King - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohannes V. Jensen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlan G. Bower\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking place during the first half of the sixteenth century, \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of the King\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of dreamy, slacking student Mikkel Th gersen and the entanglements that ultimately bring him into service as a mercenary under King Christian II of Denmark. Moving from the Danish countryside to Stockholm during the execution of Swedish nobility and finally to the imprisonment of Mikkel and Christian, the narrative is a lyrical encapsulation of \"the fall\"--the fall of country, history, individuals, and nature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwice voted as the most important Danish novel of the twentieth century, \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of the King \u003c\/i\u003eis both an epic depiction of real events and a complex psychological novel. Half pure narration, half prose poem, its scenes of brute realism mixed with rhapsodical passages make it a work of artistic genius.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohannes V. Jensen (1873-1950) is widely considered the first great Danish writer of the twentieth century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.53 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 10, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765577023776,"sku":"9780816677542","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c7882f5627272140f964b038ae67b177.webp?v=1780274097","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-fall-of-the-king-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}