{"product_id":"third-reich-9781250013934","title":"Third Reich","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn vacation with his girlfriend, Ingeborg, the German war-game champion Udo Berger returns to a small town on the Costa Brava where he spent his summers as a child. There, they meet another vacationing German couple, who introduce them to the darker side of the resort town's life. Soon Udo is enmeshed in a round of the Third Reich, his favorite World War II strategy game, with a shadowy local called El Quemado. As the game draws to its conclusion, Udo discovers that the outcome may be all too real. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in 1989, \u003ci\u003eThe Third Reich\u003c\/i\u003e is Roberto Bola o's stunning exploration of memory and violence---and a rare glimpse at a world-class writer coming into his own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoberto Bolaño\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1953. He grew up in Chile and Mexico City, where he was a founder of the Infrarealist poetry movement. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Savage Detectives\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the Herralde Prize and the Rómulo Gallegos Prize, and \u003ci\u003e2666\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Bolaño died in Blanes, Spain, at the age of fifty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatasha Wimmer\u003c\/b\u003e has translated many works of fiction and nonfiction by Spanish language authors, including Mario Vargas Llosa, Laura Restrepo, and Rodrigo Fresán, as well as Roberto Bolaño.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50669458161938,"sku":"9781250013934","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a3703203-b6d0-45f8-8389-34d09da66cc3.jpg?v=1733760381","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/third-reich-9781250013934","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}