{"product_id":"a-brutal-design","title":"A Brutal Design","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the fascist takeover of his homeland and the murder of his parents, Jewish architecture student Samuel Zelnik thinks that he and his friends are bound for the gulag--or worse. Instead, he receives an unexpected offer of freedom working in the experimental utopian city of Duma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwed by the city's dramatic architecture but confused by the other residents' strange behavior, Zelnik searches for his long-lost uncle who emigrated to Duma before him. His wanderings reunite him with Miriana Grannoff, an exiled avant-garde artist who was once his teacher. Her memorial installations hidden around the city equally enchant and repel him. And gradually, they begin to reveal a truth: Duma is not the workers' paradise it pretends to be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanternfish Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52317636427992,"sku":"9781941360811","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0369\/4552\/files\/imageloader_0ea7ccf2-431e-40e7-8c99-29bc1934506d.jpg?v=1787949678","url":"https:\/\/bigredbooks.shop\/products\/a-brutal-design","provider":"Big Red Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}