{"product_id":"nostalgia-by-mircea-cartarescu-9780241448915","title":"Nostalgia","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mesmerizing novel about the magical and gritty world of Bucharest in the 1980s by a celebrated Eastern European writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Gripping, impassioned, unexpected'\u003c\/em\u003e - Los Angeles Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA dreamlike novel of memory and magic, \u003cem\u003eNostalgia\u003c\/em\u003e turns the dark world of Communist Bucharest into a place of strange enchantments. Here, a man plays increasingly death-defying games of Russian Roulette, a child messiah works his magic in the tenements, a young man explores gender boundaries, a woman relives her youth, and an architect becomes obsessed with the sound of his new car horn — with unexpected consequences. Blending reality and symbolism, time and myth, this is a cult masterwork from Romania's most celebrated writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46251246813420,"sku":"9780241448915","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241448915.jpg?v=1741569658","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/nostalgia-by-mircea-cartarescu-9780241448915","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}