{"product_id":"b-traven-9798887440552","title":"B. Traven","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHis life belonged to him, only. His books belonged to the public.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eB. Traven: Portrait of a Famous Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e is a graphic biography that tells the larger-than-life story of the German revolutionary, actor, and writer known as B. Traven (1882–1969). Despite his commercial success as a best-selling writer, Traven managed to keep his identity a secret during his lifetime. It is now generally accepted that Traven was in fact “Ret Marut” (another psudonym), a German stage actor and editor of an anarchist newspaper in Germany called \u003ci\u003eDer Ziegelbrenner\u003c\/i\u003e (The Brickburner). As Marut he was a major participant in the short-lived Bavarian Council Republic of 1919–20. Barely escaping execution, he fled Germany and lived incognito for the remainder of his life. His entire literary work, a great commercial success in its day, combines lively and often humorous storytelling with radical critique of capitalism and nationalism. His best-known work, \u003ci\u003eThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre\u003c\/i\u003e, from 1927, was adapted for film in 1948 by John Huston.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGolo’s account of Traven’s life, rendered with stunning artwork, begins and ends with his ashes being dropped from a plane over the Lacandon jungle in Chiapas, Mexico, just a quarter century before the explosive uprising of the Zapatistas seemed to echo his deepest wishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Golo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48286842421499,"sku":"9798887440552","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9798887440552.jpg?v=1772491768","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/b-traven-9798887440552","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}