{"product_id":"one-clear-icecold-january-morning-at-the-beginning-of-the-21st-century-9780857056979","title":"One Clear Icecold January Morning at the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA contemporary Berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of Germany's most successful playwright\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSchimmelpfennig's world is uncomfortable and cold; but \u003cb\u003ein the hearts of his characters glow the flames of longing, passion and solidarity\u003c\/b\u003e -- Martin Halter * Berliner Zeitung *\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eexhilarating narrative\u003c\/b\u003e is wonderfully concise, and the imagery is \u003cb\u003eintensely cinematic\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Barry Forshaw * Guardian. *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMesmerizing\u003c\/b\u003e . . . The narrative is wonderfully spare, rendered in clear, simple sentences . . . \u003cb\u003eA satisfying and memorable story\u003c\/b\u003e -- Alannah Hopkin * Irish Examiner *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful novel of extraordinary momentum\u003c\/b\u003e and contemporaneity - its looping narrative is both \u003cb\u003egripping and unsettling\u003c\/b\u003e * Spiegel *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving book that delicately and expertly captures a prevailing atmosphere\u003c\/b\u003e - of disorientation and bleakness in society, and of unexpressed feelings * Deutschland Radiokultur *\u003cbr\u003eAs \u003cb\u003ecool and incisive\u003c\/b\u003e as its title suggests * TAZ *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA looping, episodic, beguiling contemporary fable \u003c\/b\u003eabout a set of dysfunctional, seemingly disconnected characters whose fates are spun together along the mysterious wolf 's path . . . \u003cb\u003edelivered crisply\u003c\/b\u003e in Jamie Bulloch's translation. * Daily Telegraph (*****) *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ehighly original\u003c\/b\u003e and often \u003cb\u003ehypnotic\u003c\/b\u003e work . . . \u003cb\u003eexactly the type of book that readers in search of striking European voices should embrace.\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoland Schimmelpfennig shockingly reverses readerly expectations and conjures up for us \u003cb\u003ea superbly dark comedy of manners\u003c\/b\u003e . . . T\u003c\/i\u003ehis combined quality of stage economy and theatricality accentuates what is essentially \u003cb\u003ea particularly unflinching, penetrating gaze into the state of our society\u003c\/b\u003e. * Bookanista *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid ensemble of nuanced characters\u003c\/b\u003e emerge as their daily lives coincide through \u003cb\u003ea cleverly multi-layered, interconnected narrative\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Schimmlpfennig rarely says too much in \u003cb\u003ea brilliantly kaleidoscopic morality tale \u003c\/b\u003ethat suggests a great deal * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magnificent achievement, a novel of terrific originality\u003c\/b\u003e * New European *","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737638613335,"sku":"9780857056979","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857056979.jpg?v=1723811332","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/one-clear-icecold-january-morning-at-the-beginning-of-the-21st-century-9780857056979","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}