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The wall : a novel / H.G. Adler ; translated from the German by Peter Filkins.

Van Pelt Library PT2601.D614 U5713 2014
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Adler, H. G., author.
Contributor:
Filkins, Peter, translator.
Standardized Title:
Unsichtbare Wand. English
Language:
English
German
Subjects (All):
Holocaust survivors--Fiction.
Holocaust survivors.
Psychic trauma.
Exiles--Fiction.
Exiles.
Psychic trauma--Fiction.
Self-realization--Fiction.
Self-realization.
Prague (Czech Republic)--Fiction.
Prague (Czech Republic).
London (England)--Fiction.
London (England).
Genre:
Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Jewish fiction.
Physical Description:
xix, 630 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Random House, [2014]
Summary:
"Told in a ... stream-of-consciousness style reminiscent of our finest modernist writers, The Wall is the story of Arthur Landau, a Holocaust survivor struggling to leave behind the horrors of the past and find a foothold in the present. After the war, Arthur returns to Prague in the hope of finding his parents, works in a museum that collects Jewish artifacts, and eventually crosses the border, leaving his homeland and friends for good. Despite the loss of his first wife to the camps, the love of his second wife Johanna and their two children anchors him amid the chaotic and competitive world of postwar exiles living in London"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Translator's Note
Introduction by Peter Filkins
The Wall
List of Characters
Principal Events.
Notes:
Translation of: Die unsichtbare Wand.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780812993066
0812993063
OCLC:
873728764

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