Author: Kathrine Kressmann Taylor
Translator: Youngmoon Jeong
Publisher: Sejong
171 pages.
| Important! Please read before you order! |
| >>>This book is written in Korean only. |
About This Book
First published in 1938 in Story magazine as a wake-up call warning Americans of
the true nature of the Nazi menace, this punchy epistolary tale enacts a
stunning drama of friendship, betrayal and vengeance. In 1932, San Francisco
art-gallery owner Max Eisenstein, a Jew who grew up in pre-Nazi Germany, bids
farewell to his longtime friend and business partner Martin Schulse, who returns
with his family to Munich, where he becomes a Nazi. Through their letters to one
another, which quickly move from warmth to a chilling disregard, we watch as the
once-liberal Martin, seduced by grandiose visions of German destiny and by the
rantings of "our Glorious Leader," vents an anti-Semitism that he tortuously
rationalizes. Max, alarmed by reports of anti-Jewish persecution in Germany,
asks Martin to look after his actress sister, Griselle, who is performing in
Berlin. When she is murdered by Nazi storm troopers after being refused refuge
at the Schulse house, Max takes revenge through a clever epistolary ploy that
provides a satisfying surprise ending. Nearly 60 years after its initial
publication, Kressman's story serves not only as a reminder of Nazi horrors but
as a cautionary tale in light of current racial, ethnic and nationalist
intolerance.
-- From Publishers Weekly
Availability: Usually ships in 5~10 business days.
 | |||||||||
 |
| ||||||||
Can't
find what you're looking for?
