{"product_id":"overheard-9780299351540","title":"Overheard","description":"In his early thirties, Kurt Endlicher has finally settled down, with a steady job as a teacher and a small flat to call his own. But the walls are thin, and he and his neighbors can overhear every cough, footstep, and toilet flush. Initially annoyed by the intimacy, he gradually learns to appreciate the value of community and discovers the key to his own happiness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOverheard \u003c\/i\u003eis set in Vienna in the mid-2010s, a time of significant social change and political conflict, with tens of thousands of Middle Eastern refugees arriving and protests taking place over a café's expulsion of two women who greeted each other with a kiss. Kurt is gay, but his best friend is not. He's a sympathetic listener, leading him--and the reader--to revisit and reevaluate assumptions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Originally published as \u003ci\u003eTür an Tür\u003c\/i\u003e, Dominik Barta's novel is a page-turner filled with humor, insight, and a suspenseful plot. Overheard combines visions of an idealized past and a longed-for future to create a present that we all want to inhabit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14348155\"\u003eDominik Barta\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.50h x 8.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299351540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299351548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC088000\"\u003eWorld Literature | Austria\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC069000\"\u003eCity Life\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDominik Barta was born in Upper Austria and studied in Vienna, Bonn, and Florence. In addition to \u003ci\u003eTür an Tür\u003c\/i\u003e, he published the award-winning \u003ci\u003eVom Land\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gary Schmidt, dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Wright State University, is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nazi Abduction of Ganymede: Representations of Male Homosexuality in Postwar German Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Summers\u003c\/i\u003e, cotranslator of \u003ci\u003eWhat Makes a Man: Sex Talk in Beirut and Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eQuertext: An Anthology of Queer Voices from German-Speaking Europe\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48458061545709,"sku":"9780299351540","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_eefbf319-b823-4766-b0c0-94fc08ac511e.jpg?v=1753594029","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/overheard-9780299351540","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}