{"product_id":"book-clo9","title":"Germania","description":"Sitting on a bench at a communal table in a restaurant in Regensburg, his plate loaded with disturbing amounts of bratwurst and sauerkraut made golden by candlelight shining through a massive glass of beer, Simon Winder was happily swinging his legs when a couple from Rottweil politely but awkwardly asked: \"So: why are you here?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is an attempt to answer that question. Why spend time wandering around a country that remains a sort of dead zone for many foreigners, surrounded as it is by a force field of historical, linguistic, climatic, and gastronomic barriers? Winder's book is propelled by a wish to reclaim the brilliant, chaotic, endlessly varied German civilization that the Nazis buried and ruined, and that, since 1945, so many Germans have worked to rebuild.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGermania\u003c\/i\u003e is a very funny book on serious topics—how we are misled by history, how we twist history, and how sometimes it is best to know no history at all. It is a book full of curiosities: odd food, castles, mad princes, fairy tales, and horse-mating videos. It is about the limits of language, the meaning of culture, and the pleasure of townscape.","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49381142757680,"sku":"BDclo9","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49381142823216,"sku":"ZEclo9","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49381142921520,"sku":"ZMclo9","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49381143019824,"sku":"40clo9","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/clo9-Square-cover.jpg?v=1779098619","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-clo9","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}