{"product_id":"the-island-of-second-sight-9781468307139","title":"The Island of Second Sight","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Albert Vigoleis Thelen | Donaldo White\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Biographical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA dazzling, hallucinatory journey through exile, absurdity, and survival in pre-war Europe. \"One of the greatest books of the twentieth century\" (Thomas Mann)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFleeing the rise of Nazism in 1930s Germany, Albert Vigoleis and his wife Beatrice escape to the Spanish island of Mallorca-only to find themselves entangled in a surreal web of political intrigue, poverty, and philosophical absurdity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as a retreat from tyranny becomes a kaleidoscopic adventure through the margins of history, as the couple navigates Francoist persecution, Nazi spies, and the eccentricities of island life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in German in 1953 and hailed as a lost masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eThe Island of Second Sight\u003c\/em\u003e is a sprawling, erudite, and darkly comic novel that blends autobiography with fiction, satire with metaphysics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOften compared to Thomas Mann's \u003cem\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e and Robert Musil's \u003cem\u003eThe Man Without Qualities\u003c\/em\u003e, Thelen's magnum opus is a literary odyssey of exile, identity, and the search for meaning in a world gone mad.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harry N. Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47595975475351,"sku":"9781468307139","price":2148.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781468307139.webp?v=1774991944","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-island-of-second-sight-9781468307139","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}