{"product_id":"9780099561132-prater-violet","title":"Prater Violet","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrater Violet\u003c\/i\u003e resembles episodes in \u003ci\u003eGoodbye to Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e and keeps up the same high level of excellence' - Edmund Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn impatient phone call from the temperamental Austrian director, Friedrich Bergmann, introduces a young Christopher Isherwood to the film industry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith one impatient phone call, a young Christopher Isherwood is drawn into the film industry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the other end of the line is temperamental Austrian director Friedrich Bergmann. Christopher’s job is to rescue the script of an idiotic love story set in nineteenth-century Vienna, a film called \u003ci\u003ePrater Violet\u003c\/i\u003e. Meanwhile, in the real Vienna of 1934, the Austrian right crushes a socialist uprising. Bergmann is distraught; his prophecy of a coming war goes unheeded. As tensions on set grow, studio intrigues and competing egos threaten to derail the whole project, and Hitler’s shadow lengthens over Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A masterly novella’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A deliberate historical parable. \u003ci\u003ePrater Violet\u003c\/i\u003e resembles episodes in \u003ci\u003eGoodbye to Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e and keeps up the same high level of excellence’ \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56463641182582,"sku":"9780099561132","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_39848836_81285647-2e54-4448-8b05-fdcf543dc6a8.jpg?v=1770255726","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099561132-prater-violet","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}