{"product_id":"kaputt-9781590171479","title":"Kaputt","description":"Curzio Malaparte was a disaffected supporter of Mussolini with a taste for danger and high living. Sent by an Italian paper during World War II to cover the fighting on the Eastern Front, Malaparte secretly wrote this terrifying report from the abyss, which became an international bestseller when it was published after the war. Telling of the siege of Leningrad, of glittering dinner parties with Nazi leaders, and of trains disgorging bodies in war-devastated Romania, Malaparte paints a picture of humanity at its most depraved. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaputt\u003c\/i\u003e is an insider's dispatch from the world of the enemy that is as hypnotically fascinating as it is disturbing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCurzio Malaparte\u003c\/b\u003e (pseudonym of Kur Eric Suckert, 1898-1957) was born in Prato and served in World War I. An early supporter of the Italian Fascist movement and a prolific journalist, Malaparte soon established himself as an outspoken public figure. In 1931 he incurred Mussolini's displeasure by publishing a how-to manual entilted \u003ci\u003eTechnique of the Coup-d'Etat\u003c\/i\u003e, which led to his arrest and a brief term in prison. During World War II Malaparte worked as a correspondent, for much of the time on the Eastern Front, and this experience provided the basis for his two most famous books, \u003ci\u003eKaputt\u003c\/i\u003e (1944) and \u003ci\u003eThe Skin\u003c\/i\u003e (1949). Malaparte's political sympathies veered to the left after the war. He continued to write, while also involving himself in the theater and the cinema. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Hofstadter\u003c\/b\u003e's last book was \u003ci\u003eThe Love Affair as a Work of Art, \u003c\/i\u003e a study of French writers. \u003ci\u003eFalling Palace\u003c\/i\u003e, about daily life in contemporary Naples, will be published in 2005.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644573323538,"sku":"9781590171479","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e8d7ba46-29be-4374-894e-9f08eca5007e.jpg?v=1733115947","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kaputt-9781590171479","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}