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THE SECRET PURPOSES, David Baddiel's third novel, takes us into a little-known and still somewhat submerged area of British history: the internment of German Jewish refugees on the Isle of Man during the Second World War. Isaac Fabian, on the run with his young family from Nazism in East Prussia, comes to Britain assuming he has found asylum, but instead finds himself drowning in the morass of ignorance, half-truth, prejudice, and suspicion that makes up government attitudes to German Jews in 1940. One woman, June Murray, a translator from the Ministry of Information, stands out - and when she comes to the island on a personal mission to uncover solid evidence of Nazi atrocities, her meeting with Isaac will have far-reaching consequences for both of them.
A haunting and beautifully written tale of love, displacement and survival, THE SECRET PURPOSES profoundly questions the way that truth - both personal and political - emerges from the tangle of history.
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An intriguing novel about history and truth . . . The intelligence and inquiry of this book will surprise many (THE TIMES)
Wonderful . . . brilliantly realised (INDEPENDENT)
It is a sombre, clever book, but, being Baddiel, is irradiated by flashes of dark humour (Sally Vickers, SPECTATOR)
David Baddiel's excellent new novel . . . Sensitive, intelligent and deeply moving, THE SECRET PURPOSES is both a gripping read and a long overdue indictment of Britain's treatment of Jewish refugees (IMAGE)
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Wonderful . . . brilliantly realised (INDEPENDENT)
It is a sombre, clever book, but, being Baddiel, is irradiated by flashes of dark humour (Sally Vickers, SPECTATOR)
David Baddiel's excellent new novel . . . Sensitive, intelligent and deeply moving, THE SECRET PURPOSES is both a gripping read and a long overdue indictment of Britain's treatment of Jewish refugees (IMAGE)
Brilliantly accomplished and critically acclaimed novel of Nazi Germany and the plight of internees in wartime Britain by writer and comedian David Baddiel.
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- EditoreLittle, Brown
- Data di pubblicazione2004
- ISBN 10 0316725765
- ISBN 13 9780316725767
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine416
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Descrizione libro Illustrierte Originalbroschur. Condizione: Wie neu. First Imprint. Erstausgabe. 408 pages. 23,5 cm. Large format paperback. Sehr guter Zustand. - What might you expect in a novel such as The Secret Purposes from the talented David Baddiel? Apart from the laddishness of his Fantasy Football TV appearances with Frank Skinner, Baddiel has proved himself to be one of the sharpest and most perceptive of younger novelists, with a sympathetic understanding of human nature (perhaps we can blame Baddiel's TV persona on his co-compere, whose own literary efforts haven't matched Baddiel's highly accomplished Time for Bed and Whatever Love Means). The earlier books were darkly comic pieces shot through with his trademark seriousness; the new book is a striking departure. The subject is a hidden part of British history, treated with gravity: the internment of German Jewish refugees on the Isle of Man in the 1940s. June Murray is a translator who doesn't share the unsympathetic incomprehension of her colleagues at the Ministry of Information, and travels to the Isle of Man in order to interview the Jews interned there. June hopes to expose the true horror of what the Nazis are doing, but her best efforts are wasted, and she can glean nothing. But her relationship with a man she meets, the highly intelligent (if ineffectual) Isaac Fabian, is to have a profound influence on her life and thinking--and nothing will be the same again for June, Isaac or his wife and daughter. This is clearly a very personal subject for Baddiel, and he produced his most affecting and (in many ways) timely novel yet. Time and place are evoked with quite as much skill as the rich characterisation--June is a heroine to draw the reader ineluctably into the moving narrative.--Barry Forshaw. - - David Baddiel ist in Großbritannien bekannt als Comedian und Mitschreiber von "Football's coming home". In Deutschland leider etwas unbekannt ist die Tatsache, dass Baddiel drei ganz wundervolle Bücher veröffentlich hat, die außer dem letzten auch in deutscher Sprache erschienen sind. "The secret purposes" schildert biographisch angehaucht das Schicksal seines Großvaters, der im Dritten Reich mit seiner Frau aus Deutschland nach England flieht und dort wegen kommunistischer Ansichten interniert wird. Das Buch ist einfach großartig. Baddiel kann Geschichten erzählen und dabei kommen in seinen Sätzen immer Knackpunkte vor, die einen stutzen lassen. Im Gegensatz zu den ersten beiden Büchern Baddiels kommt hier zwar Humor kaum vor, aber man vermißt ihn auch nicht - dazu ist die Geschichte zu interessant. Der beste Baddiel bislang, aber auch das sage ich nach jedem seiner Bücher. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 450. Codice articolo 43674
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