{"product_id":"illusions-2","title":"Illusions","description":"Four office workers, one unforgettable weekend - this shimmering lost German classic unveils the hidden lives inside every employee.\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to the Wellis Corporation. Twenty-three storeys of shimmering glass cubicles, rattling typewriters, spiraling corridors: a corporate kingdom with its own neon light. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross the glittering panes, the acrobatic window cleaner swoops and dives, or pauses, still as a gargoyle, seeing things that nobody else sees. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver one weekend, we follow four employees into their private worlds. An ageing secretary; a translator in a mid-life-crisis; a once-glamorous typist; and a lovelorn trainee. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether, they reveal the illusions we live by - in the workplace, in the home and in our own mind's eye. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLost for decades since it was first published in Germany in 1959, introduced by Megan Nolan and in a hypnotic new translation by Rob Madole, this crystalline debut novel by a pioneering female writer rewrites German literary history.","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":54425926107474,"sku":"9780571396580","price":14.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_bc0e35a7-e980-47a7-80fb-340f9a123a61.jpg?v=1787922895","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/illusions-2","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}