{"product_id":"the-jews-beech-9781847499189","title":"The Jew's Beech","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased on a true story, The Jew's Beech centres on two brutal murders in rural Westphalia - the first of a local forester and the second of a Jewish moneylender near a beech tree - and the impact these events have on the life of Friedrich Mergel, a local herdsman with a turbulent family history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA prototype of the murder mystery and a thoughtful examination of village society, this intriguing novella contains hints of the Gothic and the uncanny - ominous thunderstorms, mysterious disappearances, eerie doppelgängers and grisly discoveries in the depths of the forest - as well as a famously ambiguous climax.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnnette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797-1848) is considered one of the most important German poets of the nineteenth century. Her classic novella The Jew's Beech is her only completed work of prose fiction.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alma Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648570626322,"sku":"9781847499189","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0718082a-0691-4ce8-9f0b-8928b38bcac7.jpg?v=1733244484","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-jews-beech-9781847499189","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}