{"product_id":"illusions-faber-editions-ruth-rehmann-9780571396580","title":"Illusions (Faber Editions)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour office workers, one unforgettable weekend - this shimmering lost German classic unveils the hidden lives inside every employee.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the Wellis Corporation. Twenty-three storeys of shimmering glass cubicles, rattling typewriters, spiraling corridors: a corporate kingdom with its own neon light. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross the glittering panes, the acrobatic window cleaner swoops and dives, or pauses, still as a gargoyle, seeing things that nobody else sees. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver one weekend, we follow four employees into their private worlds. An ageing secretary; a translator in a mid-life-crisis; a once-glamorous typist; and a lovelorn trainee. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether, they reveal the illusions we live by - in the workplace, in the home and in our own mind's eye. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLost for decades since it was first published in Germany in 1959, introduced by Megan Nolan and in a hypnotic new translation by Rob Madole, this crystalline debut novel by a pioneering female writer rewrites German literary history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Rehmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0571396585\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571396580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Ruth Rehmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48460294783231,"sku":"9780571396580","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1be8f666-877a-4dff-8bc7-eb08b18b6e7e.jpg?v=1777413806","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/illusions-faber-editions-ruth-rehmann-9780571396580","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}