{"product_id":"the-looking-glass-essential-stories","title":"The Looking-Glass : Essential Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eMachado de Assis is one of the most enigmatic and fascinating story writers who ever lived. What seem at first to be stately social satires reveal unanticipated depths through hints of darkness and winking surrealism. This new selection of his finest work, translated by the prize-winning Daniel Hahn, showcases the many facets of his mercurial genius.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e A brilliant scientist opens the first asylum in his home town, only to start finding signs of insanity all around him. A young lieutenant basks in praise of his new position, but in solitude feels his identity fray into nothing. The reading of a much-loved, respected elder statesman's journals reveals hidden thoughts of merciless cruelty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e Published: UK, 2022\u003cbr\u003e Publisher: Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003e Pages: 240\u003cbr\u003e Language: English\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 13:9781782278078\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 10: 1782278079\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Machado de Assis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44356297621770,"sku":"","price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/products\/9781782278078.jpg?v=1677345388","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/the-looking-glass-essential-stories","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}