{"product_id":"the-physics-of-sorrow-9781399623131b","title":"The Physics of Sorrow","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003eIn the small and the insignificant - that's where life hides, that's where it builds its nest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart family history, part coming-of-age story, part meditation on life in Communist Europe, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Physics of Sorrow\u003c\/span\u003e is a dazzlingly inventive, mind-expanding novel from one of Europe's most important writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRANSLATED FROM THE BULGARIAN BY ANGELA RODEL","brand":"Weidenfeld \u0026 Nicolson","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42823261388880,"sku":"9781399623131B","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781399623131-l.jpg?v=1785891513","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-physics-of-sorrow-9781399623131b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}