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. ...
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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, The Retreat is a moving story of people forbidden to retreat from themselves, by the writer whom Irving Howe called "one of the best novelists alive."
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. BE3-A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall wear with the usual library stamps, labels, and pocket on the front and back endpapers and the title page. The dust jacket shows no noticable wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve with the usual library label on the spine. Translated from the Hebrew by Dalya Bilu. The Retreat is a hotel on a remote hilltop some distance from Vienna. Its patrons are all Jews and it provides lessons in assimilation: how to look, talk, and act Gentile. This is a look at the assimilated Jews of central Europe on the brink of a Holocaust that they cannot believe is winding up to take place. The author is a winner of the Jerusalem Prize. By the author of "Badenheim 1939, " "The Age of Wonders, " and "Tzili: The Story of a Life." 164p.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. 12mo. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
