{"product_id":"palace-of-flies-walter-kappacher-9781954404021","title":"Palace of Flies","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of those rare biographical novels that bring a whole world to life in a way that lingers in memory.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJay Parini, author of \u003ci\u003eBorges and Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis absorbing, sensitive novel portrays a famed author in a moment of crisis: an aging Hugo von Hofmannsthal returns to a summer resort outside of Salzburg that he visited as a child. But in the spa town where he once thrilled to the joys of youth, he now feels unproductive and uninspired, adrift in the modern world born after World War One. Over ten days in 1924 in a ramshackle inn that has been renamed the Grand Hotel, Hofmannsthal fruitlessly attempts to complete a play he's long been wrestling with. The writer is plagued by feelings of loneliness and failure that echo in a buzz of inner monologues, imaginary conversations and nostalgic memories of relationships with glittering cultural figures. \u003ci\u003ePalace of Flies\u003c\/i\u003e conjures up an individual state of distress and disruption at a time of fundamental societal transformation that speaks eloquently to our own age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter Kappacher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1954404026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954404021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Vessel Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/28\/2022","brand":"Walter Kappacher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993152258303,"sku":"9781954404021","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_668dca68-1c37-4466-913b-9ddc71f6430e.jpg?v=1683322800","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/palace-of-flies-walter-kappacher-9781954404021","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}