{"product_id":"the-director","title":"The Director","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"mb-3 [ lg:mb-10 ] [ last:mb-0 ]\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"last:mb-0 h2\"\u003eLonglisted for the International Booker Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"last:mb-0 h2\"\u003eAn artist’s life and a pact with the devil: this is a novel about the dangerous illusions of the silver screen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[ lg:columns-2 lg:gap-gutter-lg ]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-wysiwyg lg:c-wysiwyg--tight-spacing\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the Nazis seize power in the 1930s, G.W. Pabst, one of cinema’s greatest directors, is filming in France. To escape the horrors of the new Germany, he flees to Hollywood. But under the dazzling California sun, the world-famous director suddenly looks like a nobody. Not even Greta Garbo, whom he made famous, can help him.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Pabst receives word that his elderly mother is ailing, he finds himself back in his homeland of Austria, which is now called Ostmark. Pabst, his wife and his young son are confronted with the barbaric nature of the regime, but the minister of propaganda in Berlin wants the film genius. He won’t take no for an answer, and he makes big promises.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Pabst still believes that he will be able to resist these advances, that he will not submit to any dictatorship other than art, he has already taken the first steps into a hopeless entanglement. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Director\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexplores the complicated relationships and distinctions between art and power, beauty and barbarism, cog and conspirator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Daniel Kehlmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56708452483450,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0003\/6778\/8068\/files\/BC8241FC-F70D-4C62-98ED-820568DFB555.jpg?v=1773933989","url":"https:\/\/raremags.co.uk\/products\/the-director","provider":"Rare Mags","version":"1.0","type":"link"}