H. G. Adler: a Life in Many Worlds
After surviving Theresienstadt and Auschwitz, H.G. Adler (1910-88), vividly captured the experience in over two dozen books. And yet he remained almost entirely unknown. A writer of modernist novels, pioneering works on the Holocaust, and a last representative of Kafka's Prague, Adler was a man...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Reviews: | H.G. Adler: A Life in Many Worlds Peter Filkins (2020) (Berenbaum, Michael)
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| Summary: | After surviving Theresienstadt and Auschwitz, H.G. Adler (1910-88), vividly captured the experience in over two dozen books. And yet he remained almost entirely unknown. A writer of modernist novels, pioneering works on the Holocaust, and a last representative of Kafka's Prague, Adler was a man whose times lived through him. Cover -- H. G. Adler -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Note on Sources -- 1. The Lecture -- 2. The Exile -- 3. The Wanderers -- 4. The Cataclysm -- 5. The Flight -- 6. The Railroad -- 7. The Ghetto -- 8. The Resistance -- 9. One Thousand Paces -- 10. The Letter Writers -- 11. The Escape -- 12. The Survivor -- 13. The Writer -- 14. The Scholar -- 15. The Witness -- 16. The Maker -- 17. The Man -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 0190222387 |