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Zusatztext Library Journal Wagenstein intelligently interweaves the voices of several characters! whose common thread is their desire to live in safety. Winner of the 2004 Jean Monnet Award! this novel sheds light on a forgotten part of history that is only now becoming known. Recommended. Publishers Weekly "Moving effortlessly from Paris to Dresden to Shanghai! Wagenstein ( Isaac’s Torah ) masterfully chronicles the lives of European émigrés and refugees in WWII Shanghai...Wagenstein is impressive in his ability to move from the small details of individual displaced lives to a larger panorama of international intrigue...[he] brings to life a largely unknown chapter of Nazi persecution" San Francisco Chronicle The Bulgarian novelist sets refugees! spies and a few true believers into play for a sprawling and utterly engaging book...the strong connections between the characters illustrate not only the persistence of human nature but also the illogic of war. Grand Rapids Press For readers and dreamers! doers and seekers! a book can make the holiday and the coming year more meaningful. Here are some good picks to fill out your shopping list... Farewell! Shanghai !by Angel Wagenstein World War II Shanghai is a terrible haven for many German Jews fleeing the Nazis. Wagenstein! a Bulgarian whose book has been translated into English! has crafted a tense tale of love and loss! war and peace that focuses on Shanghai! a place of stunning poverty and dazzling wealth. Moment Farewell! Shanghai captures this political and cultural maelstrom during World War II. Vividly written! paced like a thriller and rich with cinematic detail! the reader can practically smell the fetid! swampy air of the city. Wagenstein’s smoothly translated and fluid narrative has a sardonic edge...The riveting story of the Jews in Shanghai in the 1930s and ’40s might seem hardly credible! but as Wagenstein archly says! “Is there anything more implausible than History?” The Advocate (Baton Rouge! LA) Wagenstein is one of Bulgaria’s greatest modern writers. In Farewell! Shanghai ! he has constructed a fascinating and profoundly moving roman à clef. National Jewish Post & Opinion This is a narrative filled with barbarity and inhumanity leavened with fortitude and bravery. The fictional format chosen by the author provides an excellent vehicle for him to describe a relatively unfamiliar aspect of what happened to Jews during World War II. What he so ably sets forth has the true air of credibility! adding significantly to our knowledge about the Holocaust. Informationen zum Autor Angel Wagenstein is a Bulgarian screenwriter and author. His film Stars , shot in 1959 by the German director Konrad Wolf, was awarded the Special Prize of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. His fiction includes the triptych of novels Isaac’s Torah , Far from Toledo , and Farewell, Shanghai , which have been published in French, German, Russian, English, Czech, Polish, Macedonian, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew, and other languages. Farewell, Shanghai received the Jean Monnet Prize of European literature in 2004, and in 2022 was adapted into a six-episode television series directed by Radu Mihaileanu. Wagenstein is a Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite and a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Deliana Simeonova was born in Bulgaria and studied English philology and American literature at the University of Sofia. She has worked for civil-society NGOs in Tajikistan, Serbia, Liberia, and now does that work in her native Bulgaria. Elizabeth Frank is a Professor of Modern Languages and Literature at Bard College. Klappentext Elisabeth and Theodore Weissberg! famous musician...
