{"product_id":"preview-paperback","title":"Preview - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003ePreview is a tragicomic novella with two main characters, Kaputev and Bogoman, strangers to each other who are \"crossed-outs\" - state enemies in a dictator- ship behind the Iron Curtain. As they sit in an empty theatre waiting for the previews to start, their personal stories unfold, high- lighting the absurdity, comedy and terror of living under a dictatorship, including the per- verse intimacy of the narrator's realization that his thoughts are being picked up and read by his companion. During the film, a lavish production about draining a Siberian swamp, Bogoman's story of a ludicrous weekend at a government resort develops. Even as the story becomes more and more intense and complex, the char- acters can never shake the omnipresent fear of lurking authorities. As Bogoman continues his tale of time spent with a professor, writer, informant, mother-daughter duo, and a tragic toilet accident, it becomes clear that he  chose to hide in the theatre after a week- end gone spectacularly wrong. Witty, complex, suspenseful, and full of insight, Orlin Oroschakoff's Preview brings a fresh voice and exciting perspective to the literary canon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68359197229279,"sku":"9780996607506","price":13.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/uG8kpyMGre9780996607506.webp?v=1793555446","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/preview-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}