{"product_id":"love-novel-9781771965989","title":"Love Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the HKW Internationaler Literaturpreis - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award - One of \u003cem\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/em\u003e Most Anticipated Titles of 2024 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- One of \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e' Twenty Books You Can Read in a Weekend \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- One of the \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e's Anticipated Forthcoming Titles \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- An American Bookseller's Association Indie Next Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLove in late capitalism: Ivana Sajko takes us to the frontlines of a war waged between kitchen and bedroom. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove in late capitalism: in an unnamed city, a husband and wife wage a silent war of rage and resentment. He, an out-of-work Dante scholar, is trying to change the world--and write a novel. She was once a passable actress, but now she's failing at breastfeeding. They take on gigs and debts. He drinks cheap wine; she cleans obsessively. In their two-room flat the tension rises and turns exquisite: the rent is past due, their careers have stalled, the regime is crumbling, and there's always the baby, the baby who won't stop crying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntense and astutely ironic, devastating and darkly comic, Ivana Sajko's\u003cem\u003e Love Novel\u003c\/em\u003e takes a scalpel to the heart of modern married life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIvana Sajko\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, theatre director, and performer working in the overlapping fields of literature, performance art and music. The author of four acclaimed novels and dozens of political theatre pieces, among which \u003ci\u003eWoman-bomb\u003c\/i\u003e gained international success, she is the four-time winner of a national playwriting award as well as the French Chevalier Medal of Arts and Letters, the Ivan Goran Kovačic Prize for best debut novel, and Internationales Literaturpreis. A contributor to \u003ci\u003eDie Zeit\u003c\/i\u003e, she lives in Berlin with her son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMima Simic\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, film critic, translator, and LGBTIQ+ activist. She holds degrees in comparative literature, English language and literature, and gender studies, and was Croatia's first openly LGBTIQ+ political candidate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50606247313682,"sku":"9781771965989","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5fc66194-feb4-450d-a97f-2ef68eedeee0.jpg?v=1732291088","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/love-novel-9781771965989","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}