{"product_id":"9781803095011-other-death","title":"Other Death","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEllipsis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lecturer’s descent into psychological chaos unfolds against the turbulent backdrop of 1990s Budapest.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eOther Death\u003c\/i\u003e, we are thrown into the chaotic life of a forty-year-old university lecturer who is experiencing a sudden, complete psychological and existential breakdown. Afternoons disappear and years chop and change in confusion as he wanders the streets searching for work. Homelessness, alcoholism, and hate are on the rise in 1990s Budapest as symptoms of the regime change. Images flash up from other lives: a Boer pointing a shotgun in Johannesburg, bodies heaped up in the downtown area, a Volkswagen campervan parked by an empty phone box in Switzerland. As he encounters new and historic traumas embedded in the lives and the buildings around him, the unnamed narrator struggles to grasp any coherent identity. It’s only when he starts to work as a gallery attendant, observing the interactions between viewer and artwork, light and space, that he embarks on the slow healing routine towards clarity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In Barnás’s semi-autobiographical novel, meditations on trauma and urban space, image and observation, and spiritual friendships echo the writings of W. G. Sebald and Thomas Bernhard. Like \u003ci\u003eVertigo \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eThe Bell Jar\u003c\/i\u003e, the magnetic language of \u003ci\u003eOther Death\u003c\/i\u003e draws the reader into the murky workings of a mind severely afflicted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57278985437558,"sku":"9781803095011","price":26.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40027417_e04432bd-3e30-4617-ae8a-3a1489e6b8df.jpg?v=1771483978","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781803095011-other-death","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}