{"product_id":"the-tidings-of-the-trees-paperback","title":"The Tidings of the Trees - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWolfgang Hilbig\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIsabel Fargo Cole\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslation of: Die Weiber, Alte Abdeckerei, Die junde von den Bèaumen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere once was a beautiful wood now stands a desolate field smothered in ash and garbage, and here a young man named Waller has terrorizing encounters with grotesque figures named the garbagemen. As Waller becomes fascinated with these desperate men who eke out a survival by rooting through their nation's waste, he imagines they are also digging through its past as their government erases its history and walls itself off from the outside world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of celebrated East German author Wolfgang Hilbig's most accessible and resonant works, \u003ci\u003eThe Tidings of the Trees\u003c\/i\u003e is about the politics that rip us apart, the stories we tell for survival, and the absolute importance of words to nations and people. Featuring some of Hilbig's most striking, poetic, and powerful images, this flawless novella perfectly balances politics and literature.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWolfgang Hilbig\u003c\/b\u003e (1941-2007) was one of the major German writers to emerge in the postwar era. Though raised in East Germany, he proved so troublesome to the authorities that in 1985 he was granted permission to emigrate west. The author of over 20 books, he received virtually all of Germany's major literary prizes, capped by the 2002 Georg Büchner Prize, Germany's highest literary honor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsabel Fargo Cole\u003c\/b\u003e is a U.S.-born, Berlin-based writer and translator. Her translations include \u003ci\u003eBoys and Murderers\u003c\/i\u003e by Hermann Ungar (Twisted Spoon Press, 2006), \u003ci\u003eAll the Roads Are Open\u003c\/i\u003e by Annemarie Schwarzenbach (Seagull Books, 2011), \u003ci\u003eThe Jew Car\u003c\/i\u003e by Franz Fühmann (Seagull Books, 2013), and \u003ci\u003eThe Sleep of the Righteous\u003c\/i\u003e by Wolfgang Hilbig. The recipient of a prestigious PEN\/Heim Translation Grant in 2013, she is the initiator and co-editor of No-mans-land.org, an online magazine for new German literature in English.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 6.9 x 4.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 12, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769983271200,"sku":"9781931883726","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1e780b57ecdc2941401ee65265c22b75.webp?v=1780361769","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-tidings-of-the-trees-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}