{"product_id":"next-world-novella-by-matthias-politycki","title":"'Next World Novella' by Matthias Politycki","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a1ba90f-e9f8-83ec-aaef-42800be6dcb2-13\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a1ba90f-e9f8-83ec-aaef-42800be6dcb2-13\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a1ba90f-e9f8-83ec-aaef-42800be6dcb2-13\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-348\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\" class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"eea409a1-5234-40da-a78e-aa3ae0a4e279\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"45\" data-end=\"463\"\u003eA compact, strange little Peirene novella about not knowing the person who sleeps beside you.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"45\" data-end=\"463\"\u003eAfter the death of his wife, a man is left to confront not only grief, but the unstable record of their life together: notes, memories, suspicions, contradictions, and the possibility that the marriage he believed he understood was only one version of what had happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"465\" data-end=\"954\"\u003eThe tone looks light from a distance, but it keeps circling heavy questions — what we invent about each other, what remains private inside a shared life, and whether love is ever free from projection. Good for readers of European novellas, Jenny Erpenbeck, Max Frisch, Peter Stamm, and fiction that treats marriage less as romance than as an archive with missing pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"956\" data-end=\"1188\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeirene Press paperback. Written by Matthias Politycki; translated from German. Good second-hand condition from photos, with light handling and shelfwear to cover.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45689690488915,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/the_bower_booker_75.png?v=1781160828","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/next-world-novella-by-matthias-politycki","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}