{"product_id":"go-went-gone-9780811225946","title":"Go, Went, Gone","description":"\u003cem\u003eGo, Went, Gone\u003c\/em\u003e is the masterful new novel by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, \"one of the most significant German-language novelists of her generation\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/em\u003e). The novel tells the tale of Richard, a retired classics professor who lives in Berlin. His wife has died, and he lives a routine existence until one day he spies some African refugees staging a hunger strike in Alexanderplatz. Curiosity turns to compassion and an inner transformation, as he visits their shelter, interviews them, and becomes embroiled in their harrowing fates. \u003cem\u003eGo, Went, Gone\u003c\/em\u003e is a scathing indictment of Western policy toward the European refugee crisis, but also a touching portrait of a man who finds he has more in common with the Africans than he realizes. Exquisitely translated by Susan Bernofsky, \u003cem\u003eGo, Went, Gone\u003c\/em\u003e addresses one of the most pivotal issues of our time, facing it head-on in a voice that is both nostalgic and frightening.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErpenbeck, Jenny:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJenny Erpenbeck\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in East Berlin in 1967. New Directions publishes her books \u003cem\u003eThe Old Child \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Words\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eVisitation\u003c\/em\u003e, which \u003cem\u003eNPR\u003c\/em\u003e called a story of the century as seen by the objects we've known and lost along the way.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernofsky, Susan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSusan Bernofsky\u003c\/strong\u003e is the acclaimed translator of Hermann Hesse, Robert Walser, and Jenny Erpenbeck, and the recipient of many awards, including the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize and the Hermann Hesse Translation Prize. She teaches literary translation at Columbia University and lives in New York.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50600996208914,"sku":"9780811225946","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b5c603cb-d5b2-49d6-b21a-42eb604c027d.jpg?v=1732219196","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/go-went-gone-9780811225946","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}