Daniel Stein, Interpreter

Ludmila Ulitskaya

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0715641638 ISBN 13: 9780715641637

Casa editrice: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 2011

Daniel Stein, a Polish Jew, miraculously survives the Holocaust by working in the Gestapo as an interpreter. After the war, he converts to Catholicism, becomes a priest, enters the Order of Barefoot Carmelites and emigrates to Israel. Despite this seeming impossibility, the life and destiny of Daniel Stein are not an invention, the character is based on the life of Oswald Rufeisen, the real Brother Daniel, a Carmelite monk. In Daniel Stein, Interpreter, Daniel s ability and willingness to communicate with all cultures, to translate across linguistic and cultural divides, assures his freedom and stands as a symbol of love, humanity and tolerance.

Recensione:

'Ludmila Ulitskaya arrives here not just as a shrewd novelist, but as a wise and evocative artist.' --The Philadelphia Inquirer

'One of the most important living Russian writers.' --Gary Shteyngart, author of The Russian Debutante s Handbook

'A feat of love and tolerance.' --Washington Post

L'autore:

Ludmila Ulitskaya was born in the Urals. Shortly before perestroika she became Repertory Director of the Hebrew Theatre of Moscow. She is the author of fourteen fiction books, three children's books and six plays. She is Russia's bestselling novelist.