{"product_id":"castle-gripsholm-kurt-tucholsky-9781681373348","title":"Castle Gripsholm","description":"\u003cb\u003eA beguiling fable about a summer holiday in the Swedish countryside that transforms into a provocative parable about oppression and the evil awaiting Europe as the Nazis came to power.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCastle Gripsholm\u003c\/i\u003e, the best and most beloved work by Kurt Tucholsky, is a short novel about an enchanted summer holiday. It begins with an assignment: Tucholsky's publisher wants him to write something light and funny, otherwise about whatever Tucholsky wants. A deal is struck and the story is off: about Peter, a writer; his girlfriend, known as the Princess; and a summer vacation far from the hurly-burly of Berlin. Peter and the Princess have rented a small house attached to a historic castle in Sweden, and they have five weeks of long days and white nights at their disposal; five weeks for swimming and walking and sex and talking and visits with Peter's buddy Karlchen and with Billie, the Princess's best friend. It is perfect, until they meet a weeping girl fleeing the cruel headmistress of a home for children. The vacationers decide they must free the girl and send her back to her mother in Switzerland, which brings about an encounter with authority that casts a worrying shadow over their radiant summer idyll. Soon they must return to Germany. What kind of fairy tale are they living in?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kurt Tucholsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681373343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681373348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Kurt Tucholsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937198440703,"sku":"9781681373348","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3c16bc93-9202-4fc8-af6d-e1a35a5cb593.jpg?v=1681428683","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/castle-gripsholm-kurt-tucholsky-9781681373348","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}