| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xv, 266 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note(S) |
"Originally published in Germany in 2018 under the title Der Reisende by Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart" -- title pager verso. |
| Summary |
"Berlin, November 1938. Jewish shops have been ransacked and looted, synagogues destroyed. As storm troopers pound on his door, Otto Silbermann, a respected businessman who fought for Germany in the Great War, is forced to sneak out the back of his own home. Turned away from establishments he had long patronized, and fearful of being exposed as a Jew despite his Aryan looks, he boards a train. And then another. And another . . . until his flight becomes a frantic odyssey across Germany, as he searches first for information, then for help, and finally for escape. His travels bring him face-to-face with waiters and conductors, officials and fellow outcasts, seductive women and vicious thieves, a few of whom disapprove of the regime while the rest embrace it wholeheartedly. Clinging to his existence as it was just days before, Silbermann refuses to believe what is happening even as he is beset by opportunists, betrayed by associates, and bereft of family, friends, and fortune. As his world collapses around him, he is forced to concede that his nightmare is all too real." -- Amazon. |
| Note |
Translated from the German. |
| Subject(S) |
Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction.
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Nazis -- Fiction.
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Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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| Added Name(S) |
Boehm, Philip, translator.
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| Added Title |
Reisende. English.
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| ISBN |
9781250317148 (hardcover) |
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1250317142 (hardcover) |
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