{"product_id":"barcode-paperback-1","title":"Barcode: Fifteen Stories by Krisztina Tóth - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKrisztina Toth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Sherwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTóth's collection is an excellent and accessible new addition to the growing number of Hungarian texts translated into English. - LA Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKrisztina Tóth's first substantial work in prose after four volumes of remarkable verse, consists of fifteen beautifully written and highly sensual short stories. Most are narrated with poetic intensity and intimacy from a young, unnamed female narrator's point of view. Whether about childhood acquaintances, school camps and trips, or love and deceit in love, they are all are set against the backdrop of Hungary's socialist era in its declining years. The stories are carefully strung, like jewels in a necklace, along metaphorical 'lines', as in the title of the collection and the subtitle of the pieces. The losses, disappointments, and tragedies great and small recounted here offer nuanced 'mirrorings' of the female soul and linger long in the memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42155635802247,"sku":"9781914990168","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7d5fcb04fb7ad0cbe3a407ac67502de8.webp?v=1733237594","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/barcode-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}