{"product_id":"b-traven-golo-9798887440552","title":"B. Traven: Portrait of a Famous Unknown","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHis life belonged to him, only. His books belonged to the public.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eB. Traven: Portrait of a Famous Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e is a graphic biography that tells the larger-than-life story of the German revolutionary, actor, and writer known as B. Traven (1882-1969). Despite his commercial success as a best-selling writer, Traven managed to keep his identity a secret during his lifetime. It is now generally accepted that Traven was in fact \"Ret Marut\" (another psudonym), a German stage actor and editor of an anarchist newspaper in Germany called \u003ci\u003eDer Ziegelbrenner\u003c\/i\u003e (The Brickburner). As Marut he was a major participant in the short-lived Bavarian Council Republic of 1919-20. Barely escaping execution, he fled Germany and lived incognito for the remainder of his life. His entire literary work, a great commercial success in its day, combines lively and often humorous storytelling with radical critique of capitalism and nationalism. His best-known work, \u003ci\u003eThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre\u003c\/i\u003e, from 1927, was adapted for film in 1948 by John Huston.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGolo's account of Traven's life, rendered with stunning artwork, begins and ends with his ashes being dropped from a plane over the Lacandon jungle in Chiapas, Mexico, just a quarter century before the explosive uprising of the Zapatistas seemed to echo his deepest wishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Golo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798887440552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PM Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Golo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45934106509567,"sku":"9798887440552","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a888a6a-101e-4691-b85c-3bc7ec27ffdf.jpg?v=1721790364","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/b-traven-golo-9798887440552","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}