{"product_id":"9780241718971","title":"Woman in the Pillory","description":"Author(s): Reimann, Brigitte, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 13\/11\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 160 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: Penguin Modern Classics, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Penguin Classics,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945),\u003cbr\u003e Dimensions: 180 x 111\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\/EAN\/SKU: 9780241718971\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping, never-before-translated novella by the cult writer of SiblingsKathrin – five years into a disenchanting marriage – struggles to work the farm with her sister-in-law while her husband Heinrich is away fighting for the Third Reich. To help them with the harvest, Heinrich arranges for Alexei, a Russian prisoner of war, to labour in the fields. Though initially suspicious of this watchful stranger, Kathrin is soon drawn to Alexei, with ruinous consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1956, Woman in the Pillory is a formative novella by one of East Germany’s most significant writers, showcasing Brigitte Reimann’s vivid ideological engagement with the legacy of Nazi Germany and the Communist drive to create ‘a new kind of person’ following the devastation of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Lucy Jones\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reimann, Brigitte","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55910217810306,"sku":"9780241718971","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/2180\/9347\/files\/9780241718971.jpg?v=1762095286","url":"https:\/\/mountfloridabooks.pro\/products\/9780241718971","provider":"Mount Florida Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}