{"product_id":"clouds-over-paris","title":"Clouds over Paris - The Wartime Notebooks of Felix Hartlaub (Pushkin Press Classics)","description":"\u003cb\u003eA unique testament to the persistence of ordinary life through the disaster of modern war, perfect for fans of books like \u003ci\u003eSuite Française\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSharply immediate, evocative diaries from the heart of Occupied Paris  in World War II by a classic German writer, in English for the first  time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe writer Felix Hartlaub died in obscurity at just 31, vanishing from Berlin in 1945. He left behind a small oeuvre of private writings from the Second World War: fragments and observations of life from the midst of catastrophe that, with their evocative power and precision, would make a permanent place for him in German letters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePosted to Paris in 1940 to conduct archival research, Hartlaub recorded his impressions of the unfamiliar city in notebooks that document with unparalleled immediacy the daily realities of occupation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a painter's eye for detail, Hartlaub writes of the bustle of civilians and soldiers in cafés, of half-seen trysts during blackout hours and the sublime light of Paris in spring.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50963951321376,"sku":"9781782278467","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9781782278467.jpg?v=1764009418","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/clouds-over-paris","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}