{"product_id":"2085897","title":"The Blind Mirror: Stories","description":"247 pp. 8vo. Translated from the original Czech by Jan Hertzfeld. 'Leading off are tales of barracks life and adolescent sexual dismay (a girl prepares for 'ruin' and receives a lecture on mechanics instead; a boy's boasts of virginity backfire) whose charming triviality could belong to any place or time. They make a peculiar introduction to the specific somberness that follows in stories based (like Benes' 1969 novel, Second Breath) on the author's experiences as a political prisoner in a Czech labor camp. He concentrates on the feelings of apprehension and helplessness, the numbing routine and its rare, brief interruptions (the privilege of standing in sub-zero cold to hear a record; an explosion killing a hundred-odd convicts and miners), conveying an undisguised outrage at camp conditions and tire quality of 'the people's justice.'' - Kirkus Reviews","brand":"Orion Press \/ Grossman Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12595237617734,"sku":"2085897","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2085897.jpg?v=1571421758","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/2085897","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}