{"product_id":"in-the-penal-colony-paperback-4","title":"In the Penal Colony - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eHollybooks\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFranz Kafka\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story is set in an unnamed penal colony. Internal clues and the setting on an island suggest Octave Mirbeau's The Torture Garden as an influence. As in some of Kafka's other writings, the narrator in this story seems detached from, or perhaps numbed by, events that one would normally expect to be registered with horror. In the Penal Colony describes the last use of an elaborate torture and execution device that carves the sentence of the condemned prisoner on his skin in a script before letting him die, all in the course of twelve hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.07 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42115311796359,"sku":"9781533149398","price":9.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ecbb4d8275404e68131b25d48545d731.webp?v=1732507880","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/in-the-penal-colony-paperback-4","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}