{"product_id":"the-bass-saxophone","title":"The Bass Saxophone","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe two haunting  poetic novellas that comprise The Bass Saxophonebrilliantly evoke the comedy and sadness of life under the Nazi and Soviet dictatorships. They are prefaced by a remarkable memoir of Skvoreckys jazz-obsessed youth. Jazz is a symbol of freedom in both these novellas.  In Emoke  which is set in the shadow of the Communist regime  jazz becomes the means by which a jaded young man plots the seduction of a mysterious girl enmeshed in superstition and the occult. Spurned  but fascinated  he is drawn into her tortured existence until catapulted into the final bitter comedy.  In The Bass Saxophone a young Czechoslovakian student living under the rule of the Nazis is lured by his love of jazz - the \"forbidden music\" - into secretly and dangerously playing in a German band  with bizarre and unexpected results.  Written with the lyrical intensity of a great jazz performance  these two extraordinary novellas are among Skvoreckys finest works.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44968129855541,"sku":"ByrdShop_0394502671","price":59.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780394502670.jpg?v=1770647018","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-bass-saxophone","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}