{"title":"Wolfgang Koeppen","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-hothouse-paperback","title":"The Hothouse - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Hothouse\u003c\/em\u003e traces the tragic final two days in the life of a minor German politician, Keetenheuve, a man disillusioned by the corruption of his country after World War II. Following his self-imposed exile during the war, Keetenheuve returns to the hothouse: the city of Bonn, the capital of that new postwar capitalist nation, West Germany. Until this point he has led a life guided by principle and political optimism. Here, in spellbinding internal monologue and jarring montage, he meets his end. \u003cem\u003eThe Hothouse\u003c\/em\u003e is an existential masterpiece and a portrait of a moral man crushed by an immoral world. Bitterly controversial at home, a cult writer abroad, Koeppen (1906-1996) brought a volcanic modernist style to German literature that remains unparalleled to this day. His uniquely radical voice and breathtaking prose is rendered magnificently by Michael Hofmann.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBitterly controversial at home, a cult writer abroad, Wolfgang Koeppen (1906-1996) brought a volcanic modernist style to German literature that remains unparalleled to this day. His uniquely radical voice and breathtaking prose are rendered magnificently by Michael Hofmann. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101864562911,"sku":"9780811240000","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/wiaM8LSyTn9780811240000.webp?v=1781075787"},{"product_id":"death-in-rome-paperback","title":"Death in Rome - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eDeath in Rome\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of four members of a German family--a former SS officer, a young man preparing for the priesthood, a composer, and a government administrator--reunited by chance in the decaying beauty of postwar Rome. A chilling account of Nazis after the war, here the older generation is resentful but not repentant. From the old unreconstructed Nazi officer Judejahn (the name has a suggestion of \"Jew hunter\") to the young and apparently gay priest, from the supposedly reformed Mayor to the acclaimed but haunted young composer Siegfried, no clear hope emerges. And amid haunting flashbacks and against the shadows of Rome with its imperial echoes, the darkness is alive. Brace yourself: the novel takes place over a two-day period, mostly at night, and it's certain that the present will be governed by the past, if you let it. In \u003cem\u003eDeath in Rome\u003c\/em\u003e, Koeppen amply demonstrates that evil doesn't simply cease once it loses a war--it seeps out, hungry to exist in other forms. And as Siegfried confesses: \"In my daydreams and nightmares I see the Browns and the nationalist idiocy on the march again.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003ePigeons in the Grass\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Hothouse\u003c\/em\u003e, it concludes Koeppen's masterful trilogy. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101865054431,"sku":"9780811240024","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/x2cisg9pWd9780811240024.webp?v=1781075788"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/wolfgang-koeppen.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}