{"product_id":"book-keoa","title":"Europe - The Art Of Austerity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Goldfarb looks back to the Europe of the 1930s and asks how artists, writers and film-makers responded to the poverty, mass unemployment and poltical instability of the Great Depression. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the work of Bertolt Brecht, George Orwell, Jean Renoir and others, Michael charts the devastating impact of the slump as economic crisis impoverished the continent, engulfing both highly-industrialised nations such as Germany and the more agrarian economies of Greece, Spain and Ireland. And as economic faultlines threaten to divide Europe once again, Michael asks whether a new art of austerity is now emerging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe novelists \u003cb\u003eAnne Enright\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eJustin Cartwright\u003c\/b\u003e are among Michael's guests as he considers how writers are responding to the latest wave of banking crises, spending cuts and popular protest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Julia Johnson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 3, 29 April 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©2012 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2012 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49487756394800,"sku":"BDkeoa","price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/754030-keoa-Square.jpg?v=1754210652","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-keoa","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}