{"product_id":"the-ministry-of-pain-9780060825850","title":"The Ministry of Pain","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaving fled the violent breakup of Yugoslavia, Tanja Lucic is now a professor of literature at the University of Amsterdam, where she teaches a class filled with other young Yugoslav exiles, most of whom earn meager wages assembling leather and rubber S\u0026amp;M clothing at a sweatshop they call the \"Ministry.\" Abandoning literature, Tanja encourages her students to indulge their \"Yugonostalgia\" in essays about their personal experiences during their homeland's cultural and physical disintegration. But Tanja's act of academic rebellion incites the rage of one renegade member of her class--and pulls her dangerously close to another--which, in turn, exacerbates the tensions of a life in exile that has now begun to spiral seriously out of control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dubravka Ugresic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.36w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060825850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/25\/2007 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUgresic, Dubravka:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAn acclaimed novelist and essayist, Dubravka Ugresic is a native of the former Yugoslavia who left her homeland in 1993 for political reasons. She now lives in Amsterdam.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Dubravka Ugresic \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47792952246429,"sku":"9780060825850","price":38.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_072cabbb-7f82-4446-bc0e-f39d4adcbbb9.jpg?v=1774985430","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-ministry-of-pain-9780060825850","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}