{"product_id":"director","title":"Director","description":"\u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR - AN NYPL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - A \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLate Show with Stephen Colbert\u003c\/i\u003e Book Club Pick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Nothing short of brilliant.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom \"a surpassingly gifted storyteller\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), a visionary novel inspired by the life of film director G.W. Pabst, who fled to Hollywood to resist the Nazis only to return to his homeland to create propaganda films for the German Reich.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn artist's life, a pact with the devil, and the dangerous illusions of the silver screen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eG.W. Pabst, one of cinema's greatest directors of the 20th century, was filming in France when the Nazis seized power. To escape the horrors of the new and unrecognizable Germany, he fled to Hollywood. But now, under the blinding California sun, the world-famous director suddenly looks like a nobody. Not even Greta Garbo, the Hollywood actress whom he made famous, can help him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen he receives word that his elderly mother is ill, he finds himself back in his homeland of Austria, which is now called Ostmark. Pabst, his wife, and his young son are suddenly confronted with the barbaric nature of the regime. So, when Joseph Goebbels--the minister of propaganda in Berlin--sees the potential for using the European film icon for his directorial genius and makes big promises to Pabst and his family, Pabst must consider Goebbels's thinly veiled order. While Pabst still believes that he will be able to resist these advances, that he will not submit to any dictatorship other than art, he has already taken the first steps into a hopeless entanglement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKehlmann's latest oeuvre explores the complicated relationships and distinctions between art and power, beauty and barbarism, cog and conspirator.","brand":"Daniel Kehlmann (Author), Ross Benjamin (Translator)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53070595883372,"sku":"9781668087794","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/7985\/1884\/files\/9781668087794-us.jpg?v=1768321767","url":"https:\/\/commercestreetbooks.com\/products\/director","provider":"Commerce Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}