{"product_id":"the-director-1","title":"The Director","description":"DESCRIPTION : \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eObserver \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the year 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Supple, horrifying and mordantly droll' \u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Nothing short of brilliant' \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A subtle, often darkly funny novel about the relationship between art and power' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A dazzling performance and a real page turner' Salman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 'one of the brightest, most pleasure-giving writers at work today' (Jeffrey Eugenides), a visionary tale inspired by the life of the 20th century film director G.W. Pabst, who left Europe for Hollywood to resist the Nazis and then returned to his homeland with his wife and young son and began making films for the German Reich.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn artist's life, a pact with the devil, a novel about the dangerous illusions of the silver screen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eG.W. Pabst, one of cinema's greatest, perhaps the greatest director of his era: when the Nazis seized power he was filming in France, to escape the horrors of the new Germany he flees to Hollywood. But under the blinding California sun, the world-famous director suddenly looks like a nobody. Not even Greta Garbo, who he made famous, can help him. And thus, almost through no fault of his own, he finds himself back in his homeland of Austria, which is now called Ostmark. The returning family is confronted with the barbaric nature of the regime. But Goebbels, the minister of propaganda in Berlin, wants the film genius, he won't take no for an answer and makes big promises. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Kehlmann's novel about art and power, beauty and barbarism is a triumph. \u003ci\u003eThe Director \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eshows what literature is capable of.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nPRODUCT DETAILS : \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003ctable\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eISBN : 9781529435115 \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eBY (AUTHOR) Kehlmann, Daniel, TRANSLATED BY Benjamin, Ross \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePUBLISHER : Quercus Publishing  \u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd\u003ePUBLICATION DATE : May 22, 2025 \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCOUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom \u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd\u003eIMPRINT : riverrun \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLANGUAGE : English \u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd\u003eAGE : General \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003ePRODUCT FORM : Hardback \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003c\/table\u003e\n    DIMENSION : 236 mm x 162 mm \u003cbr\u003eWEIGHT : 557 g \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRODUCT CATEGORY :\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookazine-hong-kong.myshopify.com\/collections\/Fiction-Related-items\"\u003eFiction \u0026amp; Related items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookazine-hong-kong.myshopify.com\/collections\/The-Arts\"\u003eThe Arts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kehlmann, Daniel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49754719682837,"sku":"9781529435115","price":308.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0272\/7087\/3174\/files\/The_Director_9781529435115.jpg?v=1770044738","url":"https:\/\/bookazine.com.hk\/products\/the-director-1","provider":"Bookazine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}