{"product_id":"the-valley-of-unknowing-philip-sington-9780393239331","title":"The Valley of Unknowing","description":"In the twilight years of Communist East Germany, Bruno Krug, author of a single world-famous novel written twenty years earlier, falls for Theresa Aden, a music student from the West. But Theresa has also caught the eye of a cocky young scriptwriter who delights in satirizing Krug's work. \u003cp\u003eAsked to appraise a mysterious manuscript, Bruno is disturbed to find that the author is none other than his rival. Disconcertingly, the book is good--very good. But there is hope for the older man: the unwelcome masterpiece is dangerously political. Krug decides that if his affair with Theresa is to prove more than a fling, he must employ a small deception. But in the Workers' and Peasants' State, knowing the deceiver from the deceived, the betrayer from the betrayed, isn't just difficult: it is a matter of life and death. Now the celebrated author and secret Stasi informer is ready to confess...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Valley of Unknowing\u003c\/em\u003e is both a moving and entertaining love story and a seductive thriller, one that pits the past against the future, commerce against creativity, and art against life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Sington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393239330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393239331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.42h x 6.46w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2012 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2012 pg. 2320\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2012 pg. 26","brand":"Philip Sington","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46199041360127,"sku":"9780393239331","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2c64a7d1-28cf-443d-9f40-d2971b0d4c05.jpg?v=1727924856","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-valley-of-unknowing-philip-sington-9780393239331","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}