{"product_id":"island-of-the-doomed-stig-dagerman-9780816677986","title":"Island of the Doomed","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1946, while secluded in August Strindberg's small cabin in the Stockholm archipelago, Stig Dagerman wrote \u003ci\u003eIsland of the Doomed\u003c\/i\u003e. This novel was unlike any other yet seen in Sweden and would establish him as the country's brightest literary star. To this day it is a singular work of fiction--a haunting tale that oscillates around seven castaways as they await their inevitable death on a desert island populated by blind gulls and hordes of iguanas. At the center of the island is a poisonous lagoon, where a strange fish swims in circles and devours anything in its path. As we are taken into the lives of each castaway, it becomes clear that Dagerman's true subject is the nature of horror itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsland of the Doomed\u003c\/i\u003e is a chilling profile of terror and guilt and a stunning exploration--written under the shadow of the Nuremberg Trials--of the anxieties of a generation in the postwar nuclear age. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stig Dagerman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816677980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816677986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/09\/2015 pg. 42","brand":"Stig Dagerman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45331682918655,"sku":"9780816677986","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12cb1445-7cff-4819-b630-cc24aff94e1a.jpg?v=1713970611","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/island-of-the-doomed-stig-dagerman-9780816677986","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}