The Emperor of Lies - Brossura

Sem-sandberg, Steve

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1250007631 ISBN 13: 9781250007636

Casa editrice: Picador USA, 2012

Riassunto

"Fiction of true moral force, brilliantly sustained and achieved...I find it difficult to think of any book that has had such an immediate and powerful impact on me...Brave and brilliant."—Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall

In February 1940, the Nazis established what would become the second-largest Jewish ghetto in the Polish city of Lódz. Its chosen leader: Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, a sixty-three-year-old Jewish businessman and orphanage director. From one of Scandinavia's most critically acclaimed and bestselling authors, The Emperor of Lies chronicles the tale of Rumkowski's monarchical rule over a quarter million Jews. Driven by a titanic ambition, he sought to transform the ghetto into a productive industrial complex and strove to make it —and himself — indispensable to the Nazi regime. Drawing on the chronicles of life in the Lódz Ghetto, Steve Sem-Sandberg captures the full panorama of human resilience and asks the most difficult questions: Was Rumkowski a ruthless opportunist, an accessory to the Nazi regime driven by a lust for power? Or was he a pragmatic strategist who managed to save Jewish lives through his collaboration policies?

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L'autore

Steve Sem-Sandberg was born in 1958. He divides his time between Vienna and Stockholm.

Product Description

In February 1940, the Nazis established what would become the second-largest Jewish ghetto, in the Polish city of Lodz. The leader they appointed was Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, a 63-old Jewish businessman and orphanage director--and the elusive, authoritarian power sustaining the ghetto's very existence.

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• Editore: Picador USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1250007631
• ISBN 13: 9781250007636
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 664