Hailed as one of the most important portrayals of the dark years of Nazism, this powerful chronicle by the Romanian Jewish writer Mihail Sebastian offers a lucid and finely shaded analysis of erotic and social life, a Jew's diary, a reader's notebook, a music-lover's journal. Despite the pressure of hatred and horror in the "huge anti-Semitic factory" that was Romania in the years of World War II, his writing maintains the grace of its perceptive and luminous intelligence. The legacy of a journalist, novelist, and ...
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Hailed as one of the most important portrayals of the dark years of Nazism, this powerful chronicle by the Romanian Jewish writer Mihail Sebastian offers a lucid and finely shaded analysis of erotic and social life, a Jew's diary, a reader's notebook, a music-lover's journal. Despite the pressure of hatred and horror in the "huge anti-Semitic factory" that was Romania in the years of World War II, his writing maintains the grace of its perceptive and luminous intelligence. The legacy of a journalist, novelist, and playwright, Sebastian's Journal stands as one of the most important human and literary documents of the climate that preceded the Holocaust in Eastern Europe.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Hardbound copy in VG-condition. Solid binding with minor wear to panel edges. Bottom corners are bumped with a more significant bump to bottom front corner. Softening to both ends of spine. Light soiling to top and bottom edges of text block. Small puckered area to front pastedown. Dust jacket in a mylar cover. 8vo. 641pp.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 672 p. Contains: Maps. Audience: General/trade. Very clean. No underlinings, highlightings, or other markings.
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Like New in Like New jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($36.00 price intact). Published by Ivan R. Dee, 2000. Octavo. Blue cloth over brown boards stamped in copper. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with light shelf wear. 641 pages. ISBN: 9781566633260. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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UsedVeryGood. Hardcover; translated from the Romanian by Patrick Camiller, with an introd uction and notes by Radu Ioanid; light fading, light shelf wear to exterior; remainder mark to lower page edge; in very good condition with clean text, firm binding. Dust jacket shows light scuffing and shelf wear, with a wri nkle at bottom back edge.