{"product_id":"illusions","title":"Illusions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFour office workers, one unforgettable weekend - this shimmering lost German classic unveils the hidden lives inside every employee. Welcome to the Wellis Corporation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwenty-three storeys of shimmering glass cubicles, rattling typewriters, spiraling corridors: a corporate kingdom with its own neon light. Across the glittering panes, the acrobatic window cleaner swoops and dives, or pauses, still as a gargoyle, seeing things that nobody else sees. Over one weekend, we follow four employees into their private worlds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn ageing secretary; a translator in a mid-life-crisis; a once-glamorous typist; and a lovelorn trainee. Together, they reveal the illusions we live by - in the workplace, in the home and in our own mind's eye. Lost for decades since it was first published in Germany in 1959, introduced by Megan Nolan and in a hypnotic new translation by Rob Madole, this crystalline debut novel by a pioneering female writer rewrites German literary history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublished: UK, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Faber \u0026amp; Faber \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePages: 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN: 9780571396580\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ruth Rehmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58336302170443,"sku":null,"price":13.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8755\/1819\/files\/9780571396580-2.jpg?v=1788347066","url":"https:\/\/desirelinesbookstore.com\/products\/illusions","provider":"desirelines books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}