{"product_id":"9781782274452","title":"The New Sorrows of Young W.","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Plenzdorf, Ulrich \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 24 April 2018 by Pushkin Press in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 144 pages\u003cbr\u003e200 x 134 x 11 | 146g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I was just a regular idiot, a nutcase, a show-off and all that. Nothing to cry about. Seriously'Edgar W., teenage dropout, unrequited lover, unrecognized genius - and dead - tells the story of his brief, spectacular life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the story of how he rebels against the petty rules of communist East Germany to live in an abandoned summer house, with just a tape recorder and a battered copy of Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther for company. Of his passionate love for the dark-eyed, unattainable kindergarten teacher Charlie. And of how, in a series of calamitous events (involving electricity and a spray paint machine), he meets his untimely end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbsurd, funny and touching, this cult German bestseller is both a satire on life in the GDR and a hymn to youthful freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43925395931395,"sku":"9781782274452","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781782274452.jpg?v=1731406854","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781782274452","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}