{"product_id":"the-bastard-factory-9781509879106","title":"The Bastard Factory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThe European bestseller, an epic of two brothers, brought together and divided by betrayal, secrecy and self-delusion, spanning seventy years of German history: from the Russian Revolution, to World War II, to 1975. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 736 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 13 July 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Kraus’ \u003ci\u003eThe Bastard Factory \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of an entire epoch: a drama of betrayal and self-delusion spanning the years 1905 to 1975, taking us from Riga and Moscow, Berlin and Munich, all the way to Tel Aviv.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHubert and Konstantin Solm are brothers, born in Riga at the beginning of the twentieth century. They will find themselves – along with their Jewish adopted sister, Ev Solm – caught up in in the maelstrom of their changing times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the two brothers climb the rungs of society – working first for the government in Nazi Germany, then as agents for the Allied forces, and eventually becoming spies for the young West Germany – Ev will be their constant companion, and eventually a lover to them both. The passionate love triangle that emerges will propel the characters to terrifying moral and political depths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of the Solms is also the story of twentieth-century Germany: the decline of an old world and the rise of a new one – under new auspices but with the same familiar protagonists.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranslated from the German by Ruth Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 510g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 198 x 131 x 47 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781509879106\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris Kraus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44348238299386,"sku":"9781509879106","price":9.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1689347275598_book.jpg?v=1689441541","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-bastard-factory-9781509879106","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}