{"product_id":"european-trash-ulf-peter-hallberg-9781938604362","title":"European Trash: Fourteen Ways to Remember a Father","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2010 Gerard Bonnier Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the year's most stimulating reading experiences.--Michel Ekman, \u003ci\u003eSvenska Dagbladet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUlf Peter Hallberg writes beautifully about both love and trash.--Amelie Björck, \u003ci\u003eGöteborgs-Posten\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining fact and fiction, photographs and quotes, \u003ci\u003eEuropean Trash\u003c\/i\u003e is a humorous, moving, and elegiac novel that circles around the image of the author's father who, through his assemblage of objects, art, and wisdom--collected in his flat in Malmö, Sweden--strives to keep the culture and values that others might call European Trash intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI open the door and walk into my father's empty apartment. Already in the hall I get the feeling that he is still in the kitchen making coffee, quickly turning around to look in my direction. In that unfamiliar silence, visions and memories are released: how he walked toward me with that gleam in his eye, how he pronounced my name, how he inspected me to check my level of fatigue.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUlf Peter Hallberg\u003c\/b\u003e is a Swedish writer born in Malmö, Sweden, who has lived in Berlin, Germany, since 1983. He is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Glance of the Flâneur\u003c\/i\u003e (translated into German and Italian), \u003ci\u003eGrand Tour\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLegends \u0026amp; Lies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEuropean Trash\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErland Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e has published several books in translation, including \u003ci\u003eBetween Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDarkness: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e by Rolf Aggestam (with Lars Nordstrom, 1989), and \u003ci\u003eViews from a Tuft of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e by Harry Martinson (2005).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIngrid Cassady\u003c\/b\u003e is from Stockholm, Sweden, and currently lives in California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ulf Peter Hallberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938604369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938604362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dzanc Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ulf Peter Hallberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983875703039,"sku":"9781938604362","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_803f6a59-ff9f-4c3d-bc3d-6bfa20b0e714.jpg?v=1683269228","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/european-trash-ulf-peter-hallberg-9781938604362","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}