{"product_id":"the-last-window-giraffe-9781843312840","title":"The Last Window-Giraffe","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is about the madness of everyday life under a dictatorship. It shifts in theme and time, testing the borderlines of prose and poetry, fiction and non-fiction, history and autobiography – all in the unassuming guise of a child’s ABC. Filled with his own striking photographs, Péter Zilahy gives fascinating insight into whole other universe behind the Iron Curtain. ‘The Last Window-Giraffe’ is one of the most unusual, beguiling books you will ever read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Zilahy's account is often funny, but always raw and direct: a far cry from the nostalgic soup often poured over the spectre of 1968.' —Philip Oltermann, ‘The Independent’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Not only a great piece of literature but a visual feast as well.' —Julian Evans, ‘BBC’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'In these bittersweet pages you will find the fall of the regimes, and the last twenty years of Eastern Europe.' —Enrico Remmert, ‘Rolling Stone Magazine’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Originally a poet, Zilahy writes with clarity and economy.' —Tibor Fischer, ‘The Telegraph’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Zilahy delivers a generational confession…' —‘Times Literary Supplement’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A remarkable and best-selling author… Peter Zilahy has written a book that almost defies description.' —Ian McMillan, ‘The Verb’, BBC Radio 3 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Zilahy captures the ‘Groundhog Day’ feeling of the protests in Belgrade... ' —‘Time Out’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'It captures what was a near-universal local experience so well, a transition that is monumental and yet oddly anti-climactic… And it's a very good-looking book, too.' — ‘The Complete Review’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by Lawrence Norfolk; A-Z Entries; Biographical Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthem Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138417557847,"sku":"9781843312840","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781843312840.jpg?v=1751919339","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-last-window-giraffe-9781843312840","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}