{"product_id":"the-cremator-9788024632902","title":"The Cremator","description":"\"The devil's neatest trick is to persuade us that he doesn't exist.\"--Giovanni Papini \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is a maxim that both rings true in our contemporary world and pervades this tragicomic novel of anxiety and evil set amid the horrors of World War II. As a gay man living in a totalitarian, patriarchal society, noted Czech writer Ladislav Fuks identified with the tragic fate of his Jewish countrymen during the Holocaust. \u003ci\u003eThe Cremator\u003c\/i\u003e arises from that shared experience. Fuks presents a grotesque, dystopian world in which a dutiful father, following the strict logic of his time, liberates the souls of his loved ones by destroying their bodies--first the dead, then the living. As we watch this very human character--a character who never ceases to believe that he is doing good--become possessed by an inhuman ideology, the evil that initially permeates the novel's atmosphere concretizes in this familiar family man. A study of the totalitarian mindset with stunning resonance for today, \u003ci\u003eThe Cremator\u003c\/i\u003e is a disturbing, powerful work of literary horror.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-117591\"\u003eLadislav Fuks\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Karolinum Press, Charles University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788024632902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 802463290X\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLadislav Fuks\u003c\/b\u003e (1923-94) was a Czech writer of primarily psychological fiction. His novels include \u003ci\u003eMr. Theodore Mundstock\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eEva M. Kandler \u003c\/b\u003eis a translator of Czech origin who has lived in the United Kingdom since the 1960s. \u003cb\u003eRajendra A. Chitnis\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior lecturer in Czech, Slovak, and Russian literature at the University of Bristol, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karolinum Press, Charles University","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710883434733,"sku":"9.79E+12","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_c59a4d22-c611-45e3-8fbf-90534f45a0b8.jpg?v=1650151249","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-cremator-9788024632902","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}