Jew Must Die - Couverture souple

Chessex, Jacques

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1904738516 ISBN 13 : 9781904738510

Editeur : Bitter Lemon Press, 2010

Synopsis

On April 16, 1942, a few days before Hitler's birthday, a handful of Swiss Nazis in Payerne lure Arthur Bloch, a Jewish cattle merchant, into a stable and kill him with an iron bar. Europe is in flames, but this is Switzerland, and Payerne, a rural market town of butchers and bankers, is more concerned with unemployment and local bankruptcies than the fate of nations across the border. Fernand Ischi, leader of the local Nazi cell, blames everything on the Jews and Bloch's murder is to be an example, a foretaste of what is to come once the Nazis take over Switzerland. Jacques Chessex, winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt, was a child in Payerne. He knew the murderers and sat next to Ischi's children in school. He has written a terse, implacable story that has awakened memories in a country that seems to endlessly rediscover dark areas of its past.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

April 1942 - Europe is in flames, but the people of Payerne, Swtizerland, are more concerned with unemployment and local bankruptcy than the fate of nations across the border. Until, that is, a handful of local Nazis lure Arthur Bloch - a Jewish cattle merchant - into a stable and kill him with an iron bar. Based on a true story of political murder in 1940s Switzerland, Chessex' novel is a riveting read.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Bitter Lemon Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1904738516
• ISBN 13: 9781904738510
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 122