{"product_id":"the-tidings-of-the-trees-9781931883726","title":"The Tidings of the Trees","description":"\"Where once was a beautiful wood now stands a desolate field smothered in ash and garbage, and here a young man named Waller has terrorizing encounters with grotesque figures named 'the garbagemen.' As Waller fixates on these desperate men who eke out a living by rooting through their nation's waste, he imagines they are also digging through its past as their government erases its history and walls itself off from the outside world\"--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWolfgang Hilbig\u003c\/b\u003e (1941-2007) was one of the major German writers to emerge in the postwar era. Though raised in East Germany, he proved so troublesome to the authorities that in 1985 he was granted permission to emigrate west. The author of over 20 books, he received virtually all of Germany's major literary prizes, capped by the 2002 Georg Büchner Prize, Germany's highest literary honor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsabel Fargo Cole\u003c\/b\u003e is a U.S.-born, Berlin-based writer and translator. Her translations include \u003ci\u003eBoys and Murderers\u003c\/i\u003e by Hermann Ungar (Twisted Spoon Press, 2006), \u003ci\u003eAll the Roads Are Open\u003c\/i\u003e by Annemarie Schwarzenbach (Seagull Books, 2011), \u003ci\u003eThe Jew Car\u003c\/i\u003e by Franz Fühmann (Seagull Books, 2013), and \u003ci\u003eThe Sleep of the Righteous\u003c\/i\u003e by Wolfgang Hilbig. The recipient of a prestigious PEN\/Heim Translation Grant in 2013, she is the initiator and co-editor of No-mans-land.org, an online magazine for new German literature in English.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Two Lines Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50476194562322,"sku":"9781931883726","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3b0733d0-59c7-4b2d-b4f1-73d66e8799a0.jpg?v=1730245445","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-tidings-of-the-trees-9781931883726","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}