{"product_id":"angel-station-jachym-topol-9781943150120","title":"Angel Station","description":"\u003cp\u003eJachym Topol is the most-translated Czech author of his generation, lauded for his imaginative storytelling and his inventive use of language. Melding fiction and documentary, with a dash of black humor on the side, he zeroes in on the agonies and injustices of the totalitarian past, in his own country and throughout Central and Eastern Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAngel Station\u003c\/i\u003e takes its title from the bustling Metro stop in the Prague district of Sm chov. Until the gentrification of the late 1990s, it was a rough-and-tumble, working-class neighborhood with a sizeable Roma and Vietnamese population. Topol's novel, in sparse yet poetic language--agilely brought into English by the author's longtime translator Alex Zucker--weaves together the brutal and disturbing fates of an addict, a shopkeeper, and a religious fanatic as they each follow the path they hope will lead them to serenity: drugs, money, and faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jachym Topol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1943150125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781943150120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2017","brand":"Jachym Topol","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989567930623,"sku":"9781943150120","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a3dd8c7-2686-46d1-b2f6-9ca0350b7aed.jpg?v=1683300249","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/angel-station-jachym-topol-9781943150120","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}