{"product_id":"9781399623131","title":"The Physics of Sorrow","description":"Author: Georgi Gospodinov\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399623131\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 14 May 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compulsively readable' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Utterly original' Alberto Manguel\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the small and the insignificant - that's where life hides, that's where it builds its nest.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur unnamed narrator is not well. He suffers from attacks of 'pathological empathy', which cause him to wander unbidden into other people's memories. He moves from recollection to recollection - from a Bulgarian country fair in 1925, where he meets a Minotaur, to inside the mind of a slug, as it is swallowed by his own Grandfather.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart family history, part coming-of-age story, part meditation on life in Communist Europe, \u003ci\u003eThe Physics of Sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzlingly inventive, mind-expanding novel from one of Europe's most important writers.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRANSLATED FROM THE BULGARIAN BY ANGELA RODEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46449882595486,"sku":"ADS-9781399623131","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781399623131.jpg?v=1769572725","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781399623131","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}