{"product_id":"promised-land-3","title":"Promised Land","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe final, previously unpublished novel by the author of \u003ci\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front\u003c\/i\u003e - a dreamlike, powerfully moving account of an emigrant''s experience of New York during World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                                                                                                                                          From the detention centre on Ellis Island, Ludwig Somner looks across a small stretch of water to the glittering towers of New York, which whisper seductively of freedom after so many years of wandering through a perlious, suffering Europe. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRemarque''s final novel, left unfinished at his death, tells of the precarious life of the refugee – life lived in hotel lobbies, on false passports, the strange, ill-assorted refugee community held together by an unspeakable past. For Somner, each new luxury - ice cream served in drugstores, bright shop windows, art, a new suit, a new romance - has a bittersweet edge. Memories of war and inhumanity continue to resurface even in this peaceful promised land.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319450739070,"sku":"NW9780099577096","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780099577096.jpg?v=1778727962","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/promised-land-3","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}