{"product_id":"the-fifth-year-marlen-haushofer-paperback","title":"The Fifth Year -- Marlen Haushofer, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Year\u003c\/em\u003e follows a five-year-old girl, Marili, through each season of a single year on her grandparents' farm in the mountains of Austria. Her grand-mother is a quiet, melancholic woman; her grandfather, with his calm, cheerful disposition, radiates warmth. Marili's parents have presumably died in the war, and she is left to discover--with curiosity, wonder, and fear--the beauty and darkness of a quiet pastoral life. Sinister elements lurk beneath the surface of \u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Year\u003c\/em\u003e, in Marili's dreams and fantasies, and this deceptively simple tale of childhood, told in effervescent and evocative prose, bubbles to life in Marlen Haushofer's inimitably alarming style.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Marlen Haushofer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.1\" H x 4.4\" L x 0.4\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780811239981\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66869319663920,"sku":"9780811239981","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780811239981.jpg?v=1779784347","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/the-fifth-year-marlen-haushofer-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}