{"product_id":"the-end-of-days-9780811225137","title":"The End of Days","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Hans Fallada Prize, \u003cem\u003eThe End of Days, \u003c\/em\u003e by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, consists essentially of five \"books,\" each leading to a different death of the same unnamed female protagonist. How could it all have gone differently?--the narrator asks in the intermezzos. The first chapter begins with the death of a baby in the early twentieth-century Hapsburg Empire. In the next chapter, the same girl grows up in Vienna after World War I, but a pact she makes with a young man leads to a second death. In the next scenario, she survives adolescence and moves to Russia with her husband. Both are dedicated Communists, yet our heroine ends up in a labor camp. But her fate does not end there....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA novel of incredible breadth and amazing concision, \u003cem\u003eThe End of Days\u003c\/em\u003e offers a unique overview of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernofsky, Susan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - For New Directions, \u003cstrong\u003eSusan Bernofsky\u003c\/strong\u003e has translated Yoko Tawada's \u003cem\u003eWhere Europe Begins\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Naked Eye\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMemoirs of a Polar Bear\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation), eight titles by the great Swiss-German modernist Robert Walser, and five books by Jenny Erpenbeck, including \u003cem\u003eThe End of Days\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize). She is the author of \u003cem\u003eClairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser\u003c\/em\u003e, and teaches at Columbia University, where she also directs the literary translation program.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErpenbeck, Jenny:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAn epic storyteller and arguably the most powerful voice in contemporary German literature, \u003cstrong\u003eJenny Erpenbeck\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in East Berlin in 1967. She studied theater at the Humboldt University in Berlin and directed operas in the nineties. She is also author of such books as \u003cem\u003eThe Old Child \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Words\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe End of Days\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50625553465618,"sku":"9780811225137","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_657d2d03-ab85-45ad-84f9-5c5241828900.jpg?v=1759225855","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-end-of-days-9780811225137","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}