{"product_id":"cosmos-witold-gombrowicz-9780802145628","title":"Cosmos","description":"Milan Kundera called Witold Gombrowicz \"one of the great novelists of our century.\" His most famous novel, \u003ci\u003eCosmos\u003c\/i\u003e, the recipient of the 1967 International Prize for Literature, is now available in a critically acclaimed translation, for the first time directly from the Polish, by the award-winning translator Danuta Borchardt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosmos\u003c\/i\u003e is a metaphysical noir thriller narrated by Witold, a seedy, pathetic, and witty student, who is charming and appalling by turns. On his way to a relaxing vacation he meets the despondent Fuks. As they set off together for a family-run pension in the Carpathian Mountains they discover a dead bird hanging from a string. Is this a strange but meaningless occurrence or is it the beginning of a string of bizarre events? As the young men become embroiled in the Chekhovian travails of the family running the pension, Grombrowicz creates a gripping narrative where the reader questions who is sane and who is safe?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Witold Gombrowicz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802145620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802145628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.58w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/18\/2011 pg. 32","brand":"Witold Gombrowicz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046349926655,"sku":"9780802145628","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a2dcfe4-e0c3-44c4-b656-577d27cef993.jpg?v=1684984055","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cosmos-witold-gombrowicz-9780802145628","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}