{"product_id":"screeds-elfriede-jelinek-9780811241007","title":"Screeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Piano Teacher\u003c\/em\u003e, this timely pair of scorching texts against idiocy, corruption, and political insanity fully display the adamantine, acerbic wit that won Jelinek the Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eOn the Royal Road\u003c\/em\u003e, written three weeks after Trump's first election, is \"a screed of outrage at the political, economic, and cultural forces that have brought us to an unprecedented--and for many, unimaginable--moment of crisis for modern democracy. Mr. Trump is never mentioned by name, but the narration sketches an undisciplined, uncouth monarch who has been propped up by obscene wealth, a nonstop media circus, and a remarkable talent for self-aggrandizing\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eEndsieg: The Second Coming\u003c\/em\u003e opens with the setting of a scene: \"Piggy as Polyhymnia, Kermit also as somebody, behind them an alpine wayside shrine.\" And although he remains nameless, there's no mistaking him: \"He is old, but all others he still can beat, hole in one!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuffering no fools, and especially not our Fool in Chief, \u003cem\u003eScreeds\u003c\/em\u003e singe off your eyebrows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elfriede Jelinek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811241009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811241007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\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 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Elfriede Jelinek","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443134181631,"sku":"9780811241007","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_afcc1898-fa01-4a3b-9c55-8871126b1234.jpg?v=1777202062","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/screeds-elfriede-jelinek-9780811241007","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}