{"product_id":"mars-in-aries-by-alexander-lernet-holenia","title":"Mars in Aries by Alexander Lernet-Holenia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA haunting novel of love, fate and war from the Austrian master and acclaimed author of Baron Bagge and Count Luna\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e('A book so astonishing I immediately re-read it' – Patti Smith)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘He’d had the feeling that he was expected there, on that day. But by whom?’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVienna, 1939. Lieutenant Wallmoden is preparing to take part in a mysterious ‘military exercise’ when he meets the austerely beautiful Baroness Pistohlkors and her elusive circle of acquaintances.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe promises to see her again – but then discovers his company has been mobilised for war. Marching across Europe, stumbling across the border between the living and the dead, one constant remains: he must keep his tryst with the Baroness, in this world or the next. Banned by the Nazis and almost lost, Mars in Aries is an erotically charged ghost story, a shocking account of the invasion of Poland, and a mesmeric exploration of time and fate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated by Robert Dassanowsky and John Barrett\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback | Publication: 13 Nov 2025, Penguin Classics\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241674468 | Extent: 208 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57564184772990,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9780241674468.jpg?v=1781698419","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/mars-in-aries-by-alexander-lernet-holenia","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}