{"product_id":"the-wall-jumper-peter-schneider-9780226739410","title":"The Wall Jumper: A Berlin Story","description":"\"Schneider's characters, like Kundera's, are sentient and sophisticated figures at a time when the constraints of Communist rule persist but its energy has entirely vanished.\"--Richard Eder, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the Berlin Wall was still the most tangible representation of the Cold War, Peter Schneider made this political and ideological symbol into something personal, that could be perceived on a human level, from more than one side. In Schneider's Berlin, real people cross the Wall not to defect but to quarrel with their lovers, see Hollywood movies, and sometimes just because they can't help themselves--the Wall has divided their emotions as much as it has their country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An honest, rich book. . . . It is one those rare books that come back at odd moments to intrude on your comfortable conclusions and easy images.\"--Robert Houston, \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Schneider\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226739414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226739410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.39h x 5.33w x 0.45d","brand":"Peter Schneider","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946348740863,"sku":"9780226739410","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e4784da6-ba7b-436d-a244-1f31682326d5.jpg?v=1681512636","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wall-jumper-peter-schneider-9780226739410","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}