{"product_id":"the-chosen-ones-steve-sem-sandberg-9781250132260","title":"Chosen Ones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn absorbing, emotionally overwhelming novel, rich in incident and character, \u003ci\u003eThe Chosen Ones\u003c\/i\u003e is obliquely illuminated by Sem-Sandberg's sharp sense of the absurd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Am Spiegelgrund Clinic, in glittering Vienna, masqueraded as a well-intentioned reform school for wayward boys and girls and a home for chronically ill children. The reality, however, was very different: in the wake of Germany's annexation of Austria during WWII, the clinic's doctors, nurses, and teachers created a monstrous parody of the institution's benign-sounding brief. The Nazi regime's euthanasia program would come to determine the fate of many of the clinic's inhabitants. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough the eyes of a child inmate, Adrian Ziegler, and a nurse, Anna Katschenka, award-winning novelist Steve Sem-Sandberg explores the very meaning of survival in this profoundly moving and dramatic novel that bears witness to oppression and injustice during an intolerable period of Austria's past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Sem-Sandberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250132266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250132260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 1.50d","brand":"Steve Sem-Sandberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075560304895,"sku":"9781250132260","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3db576d3-2b13-4a00-af52-22caeee36ab6.jpg?v=1685460150","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-chosen-ones-steve-sem-sandberg-9781250132260","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}