{"title":"Dubravka Ugresic","description":"Dubravka Ugresic is the author of six works of fiction, including The Museum of Unconditional Surrender, and six essay collections, including the NBCC award finalist, Karaoke Culture. In 2016, she was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature for her body of work. She went into exile from Croatia after being labeled a \"witch\" for her anti-nationalistic stance during the Yugoslav war. She lived in the Netherlands until her passing in March 2023.","products":[{"product_id":"the-culture-of-lies-paperback","title":"The Culture of Lies - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Culture of Lies\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most intelligent and lucid accounts of an appalling episode in history. It shows us the banality and brutality of nationalism and the way that nationalistic ideology permeates every pore of life. Ugresic's acerbic and penetrating essays cover everything from politics to daily routine, from public to private life.\u003cbr\u003eWith a diverse and unusual perspective, she writes about memory, soap operas, the destruction of everyday life, kitsch, the conformity of intellectuals, propaganda and censorship, the strategies of human manipulation and the walls of Europe which, she argues, never really did fall. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShot through with irony and sadness, satirical protest and bitter melancholy, \u003ci\u003eThe Culture of Lies\u003c\/i\u003e is a gesture of intellectual resistance by a writer branded \"a traitor\" and \"a witch\" in Croatia. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104784748767,"sku":"9781948830782","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/SluWspVQHN9781948830782.webp?v=1781111314"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/dubravka-ugresic.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}