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Appelfeld, Aron

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ISBN 10: 0805241531 ISBN 13: 9780805241532

Casa editrice: Schocken Books, 1998

Riassunto

Our story opens in an Austrian city, two generations before the Holocaust, where almost all the Jews have converted to Christianity.
The church bells are pealing today for Karl, an ambitious young civil servant whose conversion will clear his path to a coveted high government post. For Karl and his friends, most of whom have already converted, Judaism is an obstacle to their advancement that is easily discarded. The only Jews left are their impoverished relatives in the outlying Carpathian mountains and a few merchants whose shoddy stalls in the center of the town have triggered a campaign to remove them in the name of progress and civic beauty.
Karl's future looks bright, but with his promotion comes a political crisis that turns his conversion into a baptism by fire, unexpectedly reuniting Karl with his past and kindling a love affair that will force him to take a stand he could never have imagined.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Aharon Appelfeld is the author of twelve internationally acclaimed
novels, including The Iron Tracks, The Retreat, and Unto the Soul (all available from Schocken), and Badenheim 1939. He lives in Jerusalem, Israel.


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Our story opens in an Austrian city, two generations before the Holocaust, where almost all of the Jews have converted to Christianity. Today the church bells are pealing for Karl, an ambitious young civil servant whose conversion will clear his path to a coveted high government post. Karl's future looks bright, but with his promotion comes a political crisis that turns his conversion into a baptism by fire, unexpectedly reuniting Karl with his past and forcing him to take a stand he could never have imagined.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Schocken Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0805241531
• ISBN 13: 9780805241532
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 228
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile