{"product_id":"asylum-piece-and-other-stories-9780935576023","title":"Asylum Piece and Other Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAsylum Piece and Other Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e by Kavan, Anna. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780935576023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of stories, mostly interlinked and largely autobiographical, chart the descent of the narrator from the onset of neurosis to final incarceration in a Swiss clinic. The sense of paranoia, of persecution by a foe or force that is never given a name, evokes The Trial by Kafka, a writer with whom Kavan is often compared, although her deeply personal, restrained and almost foreign-accented style has no true model. The same characters who recur throughout - the protaganists unhelpful adviser, the friend\/lover who abandons her at the clinic and an assortment of deluded companions - are sketched without a trace of the rage, self-pity or sentiment that have marked more recent accounts of mental instability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67930187006005,"sku":"ByrdShop_0935576029","price":246.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780935576023.jpg?v=1794207206","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/asylum-piece-and-other-stories-9780935576023","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}