{"product_id":"9780571396580","title":"Illusions (Faber Editions) : with an introduction by Megan Nolan - Rob Madole","description":"The rediscovery of this lost classic will shift perceptions of German literature in the English speaking world. Mercurial, seductive, smart and startling.' - Megan NolanFour office workers, one unforgettable weekend - this shimmering lost German classic unveils the hidden lives inside every employee. Welcome to the Wellis Corporation. Twenty-three storeys of shimmering glass cubicles, rattling typewriters, spiraling corridors: a corporate kingdom with its own neon light. Across the glittering panes, the acrobatic window cleaner swoops and dives, or pauses, still as a gargoyle, seeing things that nobody else sees. Over one weekend, we follow four employees into their private worlds. An ageing secretary; a translator in a mid-life-crisis; a once-glamorous typist; and a lovelorn trainee. Together, they reveal the illusions we live by - in the workplace, in the home and in our own mind's eye. Lost for decades since it was first published in Germany in 1959, introduced by Megan Nolan and in a hypnotic new translation by Rob Madole, this crystalline debut novel by a pioneering female writer rewrites German literary history.","brand":"Rob Madole","offers":[{"title":"304 pages \/ 27\/08\/2026 \/ Modern \u0026 contemporary fiction (post c 1945)","offer_id":57415358546295,"sku":"9780571396580","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9780571396580.jpg?v=1787880399","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9780571396580","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}