The Retreat

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,

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Aharon Appelfeld

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Aharon Appelfeld
• Verlag: Schocken Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 20.01.1998
• EAN: 9780805210965
• ISBN: 978-0-8052-1096-5
• Seiten: 176
• Abmessung: 132 mm x 203 mm x 12 mm
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur