{"product_id":"books-houses-by-bernard-johnson","title":"Houses","description":"Building can be seen as a master metaphor for modernity, which some great irresistible force, be it Fascism or Communism or capitalism, is always busy rebuilding, and \u003ci\u003eHouses\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about a man, Ars nie Negovan, who has devoted his life and his dreams to building. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBon vivant, Francophile, visionary, Negovan spent the first half of his life building houses he loved and even named--Juliana, Christina, Agatha--while making his hometown of Belgrade into a modern city to be proud of. The second half of his life, after World War I and the Nazi occupation, he has spent in one of those houses, looked after by his wife and a nurse, in hiding. \u003ci\u003eHouses\u003c\/i\u003e is set on the final day of his life, when Negovan at last ventures forth to see the world as it is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNegovan is one of the great characters in modern fiction, a man of substance and a deluded fantasist, a beguiling visionary and a monster of selfishness, a charmer no matter what. And perhaps he is right to fear that home is only an illusion in our world, or that only in illusion is there home.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53509319622929,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781590179475.jpg?v=1778159252","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-houses-by-bernard-johnson","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}