{"product_id":"lyric-novella","title":"Lyric Novella","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Annemarie Schwarzenbach\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from the German by Lucy Renner Jones\u003cbr\u003eAfterword by Roger Perret \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSchwarzenbach’s clear, psychologically acute prose makes this novella an evocative narrative, with many intriguing parallels to her own life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnnemarie Schwarzenbach—journalist, novelist, antifascist, archaeologist, and traveler—has become a European cult figure for bohemian free spirits since the rediscovery of her works in the late 1980s. \u003cem\u003eLyric Novella\u003c\/em\u003e is her story of a young man’s obsession with a Berlin variété actress. Despite having his future career mapped out for him in the diplomatic service, the young man begins to question all his family values under Sibylle’s spell. His family, future, and social standing become irrelevant when set against his overriding compulsion to pick her up every night from the theater so they can go for a drive. Bringing the story back to her own life, Schwarzenbach admitted after publication that her hero was in fact a young woman, not a man, leaving little doubt that \u003cem\u003eLyric Novella\u003c\/em\u003e is a literary tale of lesbian love during socially and politically turbulent times.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e138 pages\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSeagull Books, 2022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5 x 1 x 8 inches\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN 9781803090375\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSwiss Writer, Romance\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45002368712872,"sku":"9781803090375","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/files\/Schwarzenbach_Lyric-Novella_2022.jpg?v=1694982731","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/lyric-novella","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}