{"product_id":"illusions-faber-editions-ruth-rehmann-9780571396580","title":"Illusions (Faber Editions)","description":"'The rediscovery of this lost classic will shift perceptions of German literature in the English speaking world. Mercurial, seductive, smart and startling.' - Megan Nolan\nFour office workers, one unforgettable weekend - this shimmering lost German classic unveils the hidden lives inside every employee.\nWelcome to the Wellis Corporation. Twenty-three storeys of shimmering glass cubicles, rattling typewriters, spiraling corridors: a corporate kingdom with its own neon light.\nAcross the glittering panes, the acrobatic window cleaner swoops and dives, or pauses, still as a gargoyle, seeing things that nobody else sees.\nOver 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. \nTogether, they reveal the illusions we live by - in the workplace, in the home and in our own mind's eye.\nLost 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":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52261971329312,"sku":"9780571396580","price":8.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9780571396580_3056717.jpg?v=1787960675","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/illusions-faber-editions-ruth-rehmann-9780571396580","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}