{"product_id":"live-bodies-by-maurice-gee","title":"Live Bodies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a young man in Vienna in the 1930s, Josef Mandl was a member of underground left-wing groups battling the Nazis. In New Zealand during the Second World War Mandl is judged a communist agitator and interned on Somes Island along with several other Germans and Italians. Josef makes two unsuccessful attempts to escape, and in the process discovers Wellington as a place where he might live. He finds work, masters English, marries Nancy, begins a new life. He has continuing contact with Willi, a charismatic fellow internee who is a strong anti-fascist and torments Josef for his new respectability.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Austrian Jew in a 1940s antipodean and colonial society, Josef Mandl is in harmony and in conflict with Austrians, Germans and New Zealanders alike. His story mirrors the alien experience everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note this copy has some creases on the spine and covers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: \u003cspan class=\"greyText\"\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9780140273809\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSize: Paperback, 264 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1998  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B - Good Condition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40097868972188,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/1597\/0972\/files\/live.jpg?v=1791872363","url":"https:\/\/booksforless.co.nz\/products\/live-bodies-by-maurice-gee","provider":"Books For Less","version":"1.0","type":"link"}