{"product_id":"i-paperback-3","title":"'I' - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWolfgang Hilbig\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIsabel Fargo Cole\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe perfect book for paranoid times, \u003ci\u003e\"I\"\u003c\/i\u003e introduces us to W, a mere hanger-on in East Berlin's postmodern underground literary scene. All is not as it appears, though, as W is actually a Stasi informant who reports to the mercurial David Bowie look-alike Major Feuerbach. But are political secrets all that W is seeking in the underground labyrinth of Berlin? In fact, what W really desires are his own lost memories, the self undone by surveillance: his \"I.\" \u003cbr\u003e First published in Germany in 1993 and hailed as an instant classic, \u003ci\u003e \"I\"\u003c\/i\u003e is a black comedy about state power and the seductions of surveillance. Its penetrating vision seems especially relevant today in our world of cameras on every train, bus, and corner. This is an engrossing read, available now for the first time in English. \u003cbr\u003e \"[Hilbig writes as] Edgar Allan Poe could have written if he had been born in Communist East Germany.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWolfgang Hilbig\u003c\/b\u003e (1941-2007) was a German writer who was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize for his life's work. \u003cb\u003eIsabel Fargo Cole\u003c\/b\u003e is an American writer and translator based in Berlin. Her translations include \u003ci\u003eAll the Roads Are Open\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Jew Car\u003c\/i\u003e, and Friedrich Dürrenmatt's \u003ci\u003eSelected Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Seagull Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48234083909853,"sku":"9780857427151","price":19.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/6JeUnSpeau9780857427151.webp?v=1784821266","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/i-paperback-3","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}