{"product_id":"the-black-gondola-and-other-leopold-von-sacher-masoch-9781645250760","title":"The Black Gondola and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeopold von Sacher-Masoch, almost exclusively remembered today as the author of the prototypical \"Masochistic\" novel \u003cem\u003eVenus in Furs\u003c\/em\u003e, was, in fact, a thinker of far-reaching aspirations and abilities. The present volume is one of the first representative collections the Austrian writer's shorter works in over a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRanging from Viennese high-society to the lives of minorities in the east of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the tales herein explore Sacher-Masoch's preoccupation with ongoing social disparities, the symbolism of Slavic mythology, and both the cruelty and nobility of the feminine soul. Featuring frenzied romantics, peasants, Sadistic noblewomen, artists, and eccentrics, The Black Gondola and Other Stories offers a new assessment of the fiction of one of the most interesting German-language authors, whose work, encompassing the poetic, macabre, and erotic, was also often surprisingly compassionate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1645250768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781645250760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Snuggly Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/07\/2021","brand":"Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049663131903,"sku":"9781645250760","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f9c73c68-7a48-42d4-a594-cb90a6c4d4a9.jpg?v=1685002793","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-black-gondola-and-other-leopold-von-sacher-masoch-9781645250760","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}