{"product_id":"the-weight-of-things-paperback-by-marianne-fritz-translated-from-the-german-by-adrian-nathan-west","title":"The Weight of Things Paperback by Marianne Fritz, translated from the German by Adrian Nathan West","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eDorothy, a publishing project\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2015-10-01)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e144\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780989760775\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e170.1\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e17.78 x 13.97 x 0.94\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A harrowing book about the horrors of motherhood, jealousy, and war trauma.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Weight of Things\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book, and the first translated book, and possibly the only translatable book by Austrian writer Marianne Fritz (1948–2007). For after winning acclaim with this novel—awarded the Robert Walser Prize in 1978—she embarked on a 10,000-page literary project called “The Fortress,” creating over her lifetime elaborate colorful diagrams and typescripts so complicated that her publisher had to print them straight from her original documents. A project as brilliant as it is ambitious and as bizarre as it is brilliant, it earned her cult status, comparisons to James Joyce no less than Henry Darger, and admirers including Elfriede Jelinek and W. G. Sebald. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Yet in this, her first novel, we discover not an eccentric fluke of literary nature but rather a brilliant and masterful satirist, philosophically minded yet raging with anger and wit, who under the guise of a domestic horror story manages to expose the hypocrisy and deep abiding cruelties running parallel, over time, through the society and the individual minds of a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarianne Fritz\u003c\/b\u003e (1948–2007) was an Austrian novelist. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Weight of Things\u003c\/i\u003e, marked the beginning of an ambitious cycle of novels with the overarching title of \u003ci\u003eFestung\u003c\/i\u003e, or \"The Fortress,\" comprising \u003ci\u003eDas Kind der Gewalt und die Sterne der Romani\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDessen Sprache du nicht verstehst\u003c\/i\u003e, and the gargantuan \u003ci\u003eNaturgemäß\u003c\/i\u003e, the third volume of which she was preparing at the time of her death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdrian Nathan West\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and literary translator living in Spain. His criticism has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. He has translated books from German, Catalan, and Spanish, including Jean Améry's \u003ci\u003eCharles Bovary, Country Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e, which is published by NYRB Classics, and \u003ci\u003ePere Gimferrer\u003c\/i\u003e for NYRB Poets. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eMy Father’s Diet\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in early 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46555423867041,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780989760775","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780989760775.jpg?v=1781787356","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-weight-of-things-paperback-by-marianne-fritz-translated-from-the-german-by-adrian-nathan-west","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}