{"product_id":"guided-tours-of-hell-novellas-9781480445482","title":"Guided Tours of Hell: Novellas","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn these two audacious novellas, Americans abroad find that losing themselves in another culture can be dangerous\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInvited to Prague's first annual Kafka conference to read from his play about the great Czech writer, a playwright named Landau finds himself upstaged by Jiri Krakauer, the dashing Holocaust survivor whose claim to fame is a long-ago death-camp love affair with Kafka's sister. On a visit to the camp, Landau attempts to prove that Krakauer is lying--risking his career to destroy that of another.\u003cbr\u003eOn the other side of Europe, Nina and Leo go on a macabre tour of their own. A guidebook editor and his besotted assistant, they are enduring a miserable French vacation when Leo suggests a \"Paris Death Trip,\" taking in catacombs, prisons, and all the darkest corners of the City of Light.\u003cbr\u003eIn these two novellas, Francine Prose skewers Americans abroad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francine Prose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781480445482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancine Prose \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of twenty-two works of fiction including the highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Vixen;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMister Monkey\u003c\/i\u003e; the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eLovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Changed Man\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; and \u003ci\u003eBlue Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her works of nonfiction include the highly praised \u003ci\u003eAnne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eReading Like a Writer\u003c\/i\u003e, which has become a classic. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim and a Fulbright, a Director's Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, Prose is a former president of PEN American Center, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at Bard College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45258169778291,"sku":"9781480445482","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_1c5f2950-203d-461e-9d0c-d5289b2d55ef.jpg?v=1784289811","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/guided-tours-of-hell-novellas-9781480445482","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}