{"product_id":"the-sandman-heathen-short-e-t-a-hoffmann-9798900750149","title":"The Sandman (Heathen Short)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eErnst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann\u003c\/strong\u003e (1776-1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror, as well as a jurist, composer, music critic, and artist. From 1816 to 1817, he published \u003cem\u003eNight Pieces\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of eight stories in two volumes. Largely ignored upon release, several tales later drew significant analysis, with \"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sandman\u003c\/strong\u003e\" emerging as Hoffmann's most enduring work. A delirious tale of shattered vision and spiritual dismemberment, the uncanny here is no mere trick of perception - it is the collapse of reality itself. Nathaniel, a doomed romantic gripped by childhood trauma, is haunted by Coppelius, a spectral optician whose instruments of precision conceal a deeper violence. Eyes are plucked, souls distorted, and love reduced to clockwork. At the story's center stands Olympia - silent, radiant, and impossibly still. \"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sandman\u003c\/strong\u003e\" is a fever dream of Enlightenment gone sour, where the boundaries between soul and mechanism, memory and madness, blur beyond recognition. It mocks the rational mind and exalts the terror of childhood fears made incarnate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. T. a. Hoffmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798900750149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Heathen Shorts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.13d","brand":"E. T. a. Hoffmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48218000392447,"sku":"9798900750149","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_91134e17-57da-46f8-bbbf-c9f4d94a665f.jpg?v=1772000786","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sandman-heathen-short-e-t-a-hoffmann-9798900750149","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}