{"product_id":"the-castle-in-the-forest","title":"The Castle in the Forest","description":"The final work of fiction from Norman Mailer, a defining voice of the postwar era, is also one of his most ambitious, taking as its subject the evil of Adolf Hitler. The narrator, a mysterious SS man in possession of extraordinary secrets, follows Adolf from birth through adolescence and offers revealing portraits of Hitler s parents and siblings. A crucial reflection on the shadows that eclipsed the twentieth century, Mailer s novel\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edelivers myriad twists and surprises along with characteristically astonishing insights into the struggle between good and evil that exists in us all.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Castle in the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  This remarkable novel about the young Adolf Hitler, his family and their shifting circumstances, is Mailer s most perfect apprehension of the absolutely alien. . . . Mailer doesn t inhabit these historical figures so much as possess them. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Terrifically creepy . . . an icy and convincing portrait of the dictator as a young sociopath. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The work of a bold and confident writer who may yet be seen as the preeminent novelist of our time . . . a source of tremendous narrative pleasure . . . Every character . . . lives and breathes. \u003cb\u003e South Florida \u003ci\u003eSun-Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Blackly hilarious, beautifully written . . . [\u003ci\u003eThe Castle in the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e] has vigor, excitement, humor and vastness of spirit. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Norman Mailer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  [Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  A devastatingly alive and original creative mind. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Cincinnati Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53853747085650,"sku":"9780812978490","price":22.1,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_d8b1600f-bd5f-4d39-a089-ba8167b4a7c1.jpg?v=1782584590","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/the-castle-in-the-forest","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}