{"product_id":"9781913512392","title":"Centroeuropa","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Bery, Rahul\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 2 November 2023 by Peninsula Press Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 198 x 16 | 166g\u003cp\u003e'Our lives do not start entirely with our births.'Prussia, the early 19th century. As he attempts to bury his recently deceased wife, Redo Hauptshammer uncovers the frozen body of a uniformed soldier. As he continues to dig, the bodies start to pile up - all of them fallen cavalrymen bearing the secrets of an earlier era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of W. G. Sebald and Agustin Fernandez Mallo, this archaeological novel digs into Europe's soil, uncovering a long history of violence and expropriation. Mora's writing is audacious, melancholy, and formally experimental. Each chapter is longer than the one that precedes it – as the bodies proliferate, the story keeps getting more complicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a bold yet lyrical translation by Rahul Bery, Centroeuropa introduces English-speaking readers to one of Europe's pre-eminent experimental prose writers currently at work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bery, Rahul","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50666279731384,"sku":"9781913512392","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781913512392.jpg?v=1734737847","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781913512392","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}