{"product_id":"33-moments-of-happiness-ingo-schulze-9780375700040","title":"33 Moments of Happiness: St. Petersburg Stories","description":"An intriguing, fabulously bizarre debut collection of short stories by prize-winning German writer Ingo Schulze, author of \u003cb\u003eSimple Stories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese thirty-three macabre, often comical short pieces revolve around moments of odd bliss-moments seized by characters who have found ways to conquer the bleakness of everyday life in the chaotic world of post-communist Russia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeopled by Mafia gunmen, desperate young prostitutes, bewildered foreign businessmen, and even a trio of hungry devils, the stories are by turns tragic and bleakly funny. From a sly retelling of the legend of St. Nicholas featuring a rich American named Nick, to a lavish gourmet feast in which the young female cook ends up as the main dish, these stories are above all playful and even surreal-and many of them are masterful tributes to Russian writers from Gogol to Nabokov. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated by John E. Woods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ingo Schulze\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375700048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375700040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.05h x 5.23w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/14\/2008 pg. 68","brand":"Ingo Schulze","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946558488831,"sku":"9780375700040","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e61fecee-73a8-4159-99c2-205580d64852.jpg?v=1681513835","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/33-moments-of-happiness-ingo-schulze-9780375700040","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}