{"product_id":"the-fifth-year","title":"The Fifth Year","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet over the course of a single year, \u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Year\u003c\/em\u003e follows five-year-old Marili as she lives with her grandparents on a farm in the Austrian mountains after the loss of her parents during the war. Through the changing seasons, she encounters the rhythms of rural life with wonder, curiosity, and quiet apprehension, discovering a world filled with both tenderness and hidden menace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold from a child's perspective, the novel captures the beauty of the natural world while revealing the fears, dreams, and unspoken grief that shape Marili's inner life. Delicate yet deeply unsettling, \u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Year\u003c\/em\u003e showcases Marlen Haushofer's extraordinary ability to uncover the psychological tensions that lie beneath seemingly ordinary lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarlen Haushofer (1920–1970) was an Austrian novelist best known for her modern classic \u003cem\u003eThe Wall\u003c\/em\u003e. Her fiction is celebrated for its psychological depth, lyrical precision, and exploration of solitude, nature, and the inner lives of women and children. \u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Year\u003c\/em\u003e is translated from the German by Amanda DeMarco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew Directions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOctober 28, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e160\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Fiction · Translated Fiction · Austrian Literature · Modern Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9780811239981\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45188959600822,"sku":"9780811239981","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9780811239981.jpg?v=1781624419","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/the-fifth-year","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}