When Jurek Becker's Jacob the Liar was published twenty-five years after World War II, it was hailed worldwide as the most remarkable novel of the Holocaust ever written in Germany. It is, said the Times Literary Supplement,"" a novel about the martyrdom of Europe's Jews that has never been surpassed. . . . It does for the victims of the Shoah what Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich does for those of the gulag."" In this follow-up work to Jacob the Liar, Becker tells the story of a man named Aron Blank, ...
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When Jurek Becker's Jacob the Liar was published twenty-five years after World War II, it was hailed worldwide as the most remarkable novel of the Holocaust ever written in Germany. It is, said the Times Literary Supplement,"" a novel about the martyrdom of Europe's Jews that has never been surpassed. . . . It does for the victims of the Shoah what Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich does for those of the gulag."" In this follow-up work to Jacob the Liar, Becker tells the story of a man named Aron Blank, tracing his life from his release from a concentration camp in the summer of 1945 through the next twenty or so years. Living in a ghetto at the start of the war, Aron had lost his wife--who one day was arrested by the Nazis. In desperation, he turned over his two-year-old son, Mark, for safekeeping to a neighbor just before he was deported. Now, having survived the war, Aron sets out, with the help of an American relief organization, to find his son. He finally tracks down, in a hospital for young survivors, a child named Mark who is the same age as his son, though oddly the boy bears a different last name. Convinced nonetheless that he has found his Mark, Aron takes him home to East Berlin and does his best to rebuild a normal life for them both, working first in the black market, then as a Russian interpreter. Decades later, after Mark has left home, subsequently emigrated to Israel, and was presumably killed in the Six-Day War, Aron relates the story of his life to a young interviewer. Despite Aron's understandable cynicism, the interviewer ultimately becomes an irreplaceable companion in Aron's self-inflicted solitude, a final bridge to the world. Written with the understated elegance that brought Jurek Becker worldwide acclaim, this is a rare portrait of Jewish life in postwar Germany and a profoundly human story of survival, friendship, and fatherly love. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction--novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 292 p. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name; clean tight pages, no bent corners;
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Fine/Fine. Size: 8x5x1; Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 277 pages, orange quarter cloth; translated from German. A fine, clean, hardcover first edition with minimal shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, pages white. In a near fine dust jacket but with sunning along the backstrip, with original price.
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The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
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New in New jacket. Book Cloth. New/New. American First Edition. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Released from a concentration camp after the war, Aron Blank looks for and eventually finds the only surviving member of his family, his son Mark, who he was forced to abandon when Mark was only two years old. Working first in the black market and later as a Russian interpreter, Aron tries to rebuild a normal life for himself and his son in East Berlin. Decades later, with Mark lost in the Arab-Israeli war, Aron tells his story to a young interviewer-the flow of his poignant narrative occasionally interrupted by their brief exchanges, which are peppered with humor. PUBLISHED AT $24.95.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Size: 8x5x1; Signed 1st printing of 1st English language edition, Arcade hardcover w/ DJ, 2002. Book is Near Fine, w/ clean text, binding so tight it seems to have never been read. DJ is Near Fine, w/ slight trace of edge/shelf wear. Signed by translator (and inscribed to previous owner) on title page. Free delivery confirmation.
