{"product_id":"cosmos-paperback","title":"Cosmos - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eMilan Kundera called Witold Gombrowicz \"one of the great novelists of our century.\" His most famous novel, \u003ci\u003eCosmos\u003c\/i\u003e, the recipient of the 1967 International Prize for Literature, is now available in a critically acclaimed translation, for the first time directly from the Polish, by the award-winning translator Danuta Borchardt. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosmos\u003c\/i\u003e is a metaphysical noir thriller narrated by Witold, a seedy, pathetic, and witty student, who is charming and appalling by turns. On his way to a relaxing vacation he meets the despondent Fuks. As they set off together for a family-run pension in the Carpathian Mountains they discover a dead bird hanging from a string. Is this a strange but meaningless occurrence or is it the beginning of a string of bizarre events? As the young men become embroiled in the Chekhovian travails of the family running the pension, Grombrowicz creates a gripping narrative where the reader questions who is sane and who is safe?","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370088923359,"sku":"9780802145628","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/kX3y0ajgmz9780802145628.webp?v=1789150334","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/cosmos-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}