{"product_id":"mars-in-aries-studies-in-austrian-literature-culture-and-thought-translation-series","title":"Mars in Aries","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Alexander Lernet-Holenia \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA masterwork and one of the most strikingly unique and sophisticated novels in twentieth century German language literature, Alexander Lernet-Holenia's \u003cem\u003eMars in Aries \u003c\/em\u003ewas immediately banned upon its publication in book form in 1941. Although this story of a romance between an aristocratic Wehrmacht officer and a mysterious woman in Vienna set against the 1939 invasion of Poland was deemed unacceptable fare for Third Reich readership due to its ambiguity, lack of heroic military images, and the sympathetic portrayal of a suffering Poland, the novel's actual purpose and highly subversive quality were hardly suspected by the Ministry of Propaganda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e195 pages\u003cbr\u003eAriadne Press, 2003\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1941\u003cbr\u003e5.5 x 0.25 x 8.25 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781572411180\u003cbr\u003eLiterature, Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41609617735848,"sku":"9781572411180","price":18.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/Mars_in_Aries_by_Alexander_Lernet-Holenia.jpg?v=1638642893","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/mars-in-aries-studies-in-austrian-literature-culture-and-thought-translation-series","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}