Good Germans: A Child's Fateful Journey Through Hitler's Third Reich - Couverture souple

Marienthal, Hal

 
9780595368594: Good Germans: A Child's Fateful Journey Through Hitler's Third Reich
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 059536859X ISBN 13 : 9780595368594
Editeur : iUniverse, 2005

Synopsis

Only rarely does an autobiographical manuscript become a breathtaking thriller However, the novel of American emigrant Hal Marienthal maintains its tension on a high level from the first to the last page and is, at the same time, a time-specific document of a terrifying reality.-Walter Gruenzweig, Vienna Standard"A soul-riveting, heart-shattering personal account of the Holocaust, from the 1920's to liberation under the Statue of Liberty. Absolutely spell-binding."-Kenneth Lincoln (UCLA), Men Down West, The Good Red Road, A Writer's China"Hal Marienthal writes with the assured rhythms of a gifted storyteller. This coming-of-age narrative carries us deep into the heart of Nazi Germany, where a wise child leads us through harrowing near-death tunnels into the expanse of a new life. Rich with cinematic vividness and the authenticity of a first-person witness, Good Germans makes a truly important contribution."-Elizabeth Rosner, The Speed of Light, Blue NudeGermany 1929: Horst, son of Jewish parents, is six years old when he runs away from an orphanage. For three years the desperate little boy survives by sheer determination and with the help of ordinary citizens. Unintentionally he witnesses the rise of Nazism on its most elemental level.Germany 1932: When Horst and his widowed father are reunited they accept proposed adoption plans by distant relatives in Chicago. The agonizing mechanism of getting Horst out of the country is the suspenseful core of the novel. Good Germans becomes an electrifying adventure story whose outcome remains uncertain until the book's final page.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Only rarely does an autobiographical manuscript become a breathtaking thriller However, the novel of American emigrant Hal Marienthal maintains its tension on a high level from the first to the last page and is, at the same time, a time-specific document of a terrifying reality.-Walter Gruenzweig, Vienna Standard"A soul-riveting, heart-shattering personal account of the Holocaust, from the 1920's to liberation under the Statue of Liberty. Absolutely spell-binding."-Kenneth Lincoln (UCLA), Men Down West, The Good Red Road, A Writer's China"Hal Marienthal writes with the assured rhythms of a gifted storyteller. This coming-of-age narrative carries us deep into the heart of Nazi Germany, where a wise child leads us through harrowing near-death tunnels into the expanse of a new life. Rich with cinematic vividness and the authenticity of a first-person witness, Good Germans makes a truly important contribution."-Elizabeth Rosner, The Speed of Light, Blue NudeGermany 1929: Horst, son of Jewish parents, is six years old when he runs away from an orphanage. For three years the desperate little boy survives by sheer determination and with the help of ordinary citizens. Unintentionally he witnesses the rise of Nazism on its most elemental level.Germany 1932: When Horst and his widowed father are reunited they accept proposed adoption plans by distant relatives in Chicago. The agonizing mechanism of getting Horst out of the country is the suspenseful core of the novel. Good Germans becomes an electrifying adventure story whose outcome remains uncertain until the book's final page.

Biographie de l'auteur

Hal Marienthal holds a doctorate in Communications from the University of Southern California, has taught at leading U.S. universities and has been a writer, producer and performer in the film industry. Dr. Marienthal is currently on the faculty of the University of North Carolina-Asheville, where he teaches screenwriting workshops.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
059536859X
ISBN 13 
9780595368594
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
262
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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