{"product_id":"the-empusium-a-health-resort-horror-story-9780593712955","title":"The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A folk horror story with a deceptively light and knowing tone ... elegant and genuinely unsettling.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Nobel Prize winner's latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors that lie beneath our most hallowed ideas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e September 1913. A young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz's Guesthouse for Gentlemen in the village of Görbersdorf, a health resort in the Silesian mountains. Every evening the residents gather to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur and debate the great issues of the day: Monarchy or democracy? Do devils exist? Are women born inferior? War or peace? Meanwhile, disturbing things are happening in the guesthouse and the surrounding hills. Someone--or something--seems to be watching, attempting to infiltrate this cloistered world. Little does the newcomer realize, as he tries to unravel both the truths within himself and the mystery of the sinister forces beyond, that they have already chosen their next target. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A century after the publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, Olga Tokarczuk revisits Thomas Mann territory and lays claim to it, with signature boldness, inventiveness, humor, and bravura.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olga Tokarczuk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 4.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593712955","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44238613970989,"sku":"9780593712955","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_87f756d7-72a2-4eae-8550-ee594bb2fc41.jpg?v=1760210272","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/the-empusium-a-health-resort-horror-story-9780593712955","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}