{"product_id":"the-sleep-of-the-righteous-paperback","title":"The Sleep of the Righteous - 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), \u003cb\u003eLászló Krasznahorkai\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoppelg ngers, a murderer's guilt, pulp noir, fanatical police, and impossible romances--these are the pieces from which German master Wolfgang Hilbig builds a divided nation battling its demons. Delving deep into the psyches of both East and West Germany, \u003ci\u003eThe Sleep of the Righteous\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a powerful, apocalyptic account of the century-defining nation's trajectory from 1945 to 1989. From a youth in a war-scarred industrial town to wearying labor as a factory stoker, surreal confrontations with the Stasi, and, finally, a conflicted escape to the West, Hilbig creates a cipher that is at once himself and so many of his fellow Germans. Evoking the eerie bleakness of films like Tarkovsky's \u003ci\u003eStalker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lives of Others, \u003c\/i\u003e this titan of German letters combines the Romanticism of Poe with the absurdity of Kafka to create a visionary, somber statement on the ravages of history and the promises of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWolfgang Hilbig\u003c\/b\u003e (1941-2007) was one of the major German writers to emerge in the postwar era. Though raised in East Germany, he proved so troublesome to the authorities that in 1985 he was granted permission to emigrate west. The author of over 20 books, he received virtually all of Germany's major literary prizes, capped by the 2002 Georg Büchner Prize, Germany's highest literary honor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsabel Fargo Cole\u003c\/b\u003e is a U.S.-born, Berlin-based writer and translator. Her translations include \u003ci\u003eBoys and Murderers\u003c\/i\u003e by Hermann Ungar (Twisted Spoon Press, 2006), \u003ci\u003eAll the Roads Are Open\u003c\/i\u003e by Annemarie Schwarzenbach (Seagull Books, 2011) and \u003ci\u003eThe Jew Car\u003c\/i\u003e by Franz Fühmann (Seagull Books, 2013). The recipient of a prestigious PEN\/Heim Translation Grant in 2013, she is the initiator and co-editor of No-mans-land.org, an online magazine for new German literature in English. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLászló Krasznahorkai\u003c\/b\u003e is the recipient of the 2015 International Man Booker Prize. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSeiobo There Below, Satantango, The Melancholy of Resistance, \u003c\/i\u003e and others. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44312820908134,"sku":"9781931883474","price":22.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/VHBZSmw0MGUzdUNKdTRQRXJjeDhsUT09.webp?v=1767909044","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-sleep-of-the-righteous-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}