The Retreat - Couverture rigide

Appelfeld, Aharon

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0525242376 ISBN 13 : 9780525242376

Editeur : Dutton, 1984

Synopsis

The year is 1937. On a remote hilltop some distance from Vienna stands a hotel called The Retreat. Founded by a man who is determined to cleanse himself and his guests of all "Jewish traits," it is a resort of assimilation, with daily activities that include lessons in how to look, talk, act--in short, how to pass--as a gentile. But with Hitler on the march, the possibilities of both assimilation and retreat are quickly fading for the hotel's patrons, men and women who are necessarily--and horrifically--blind to their fate. Mordant, shrewd, and elegantly written, The Retreat is a moving story of people forbidden to retreat from themselves, by the writer whom Irving Howe called "one of the best novelists alive."

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Aharon Appelfeld is the author of eleven internationally acclaimed novels, including The Iron Tracks, Badenheim 1939, The Age of Wonders, and Unto the Soul. He lives in Jerusalem, Israel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dutton
• Date d'édition: 1984
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0525242376
• ISBN 13: 9780525242376
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible