{"product_id":"me-and-kaminski-9780307389893","title":"Me and Kaminski","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Director \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMeasuring the\u003c\/i\u003e World--a hilariously shrewd send-up of artistic and journalistic pretensions, told with Nabokovian wit and edgy intelligence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A gleeful massacre of media presumptions and art-world pretensions.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A piercing look into the art world. . . . A critique of celebrity, of fame and of the ugliness of self-promotion.\" -\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSebastian Zollner is searching for his big break. A failure as a journalist, a boyfriend, and a human being, he sets out to write the essential biography of the eccentric painter Manuel Kaminski. All he needs to do is ingratiate himself into Kaminski's family, wait for him to kick the bucket, and then reap the rewards. There's only one problem. Kaminski has an agenda of his own, an agenda that will send them on a wild-goose chase to places neither of them ever expected to go.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Kehlmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.22w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307389893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Kehlmann was born in Munich and now lives in Vienna. He has received major awards for his work, most recently the 2005 Candide Award. He was the writer-in-residence at New York University's Deutsches Haus in 2006.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44436227784819,"sku":"9780307389893","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_9778e672-f8d9-4fb8-b12a-8f4668c8b4e6.jpg?v=1772894942","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/me-and-kaminski-9780307389893","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}