The German Officer’s Boy
De (autor) Harlan Greeneen Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 Sep 2012
What
really
happened
that
afternoon
in
November
1938,
when
a
young
Polish
Jew
walked
into
the
German
embassy
in
Paris
and
shots
rang
out?
The
immediate
consequence
was
concrete:
Nazis
retaliated
with
Kristallnacht—“Night
of
Broken
Glass”—the
beginning
of
the
Holocaust.
Lost
in
the
aftermath
is
the
story
of
Herschel
Grynszpan,
the
confused
teenager
whose
murder
of
Ernst
vom
Rath
was
used
to
justify
Kristallnacht.
In this historical novel, award-winning writer Harlan Greene takes Grynszpan at his word. Historians have tried to explain away the claim that he was involved in a love affair with vom Rath; Greene, instead, depicts the lives of the underprivileged and persecuted Grynszpan and the wealthy German diplomat vom Rath as they move inevitably toward their ill-fated affair.
In this historical novel, award-winning writer Harlan Greene takes Grynszpan at his word. Historians have tried to explain away the claim that he was involved in a love affair with vom Rath; Greene, instead, depicts the lives of the underprivileged and persecuted Grynszpan and the wealthy German diplomat vom Rath as they move inevitably toward their ill-fated affair.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780299208141
ISBN-10: 0299208141
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 127 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția: 1
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-10: 0299208141
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 127 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția: 1
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
Recenzii
“Did
a
young
Polish
Jew’s
murder
of
his
Nazi
diplomat
boyfriend
in
Paris
in
1938
start
the
Holocaust?
Harlan
Greene
examines
the
sexual
revenge
story
in
the
provocative
historical
novel
The
German
Officer’s
Boy.”—Out
Magazine
“Herschel
Grynszpan’s
life
was
enigmatic,
elusive
and
tragic.
The
traces
he
left
on
the
historical
record
are
just
sufficient
to
tantalize
and
baffle
historians.
Harlan
Greene
has
woven
from
these
threads
a
riveting
novel,
erotic,
haunting,
and
profoundly
moving.”—Janette
Turner
Hospital,
author
of
Orpheus
Lost
“The
story
line
oscillates
between
provocative
historical
speculation
and
provocative
homosexual
erotica.
An
ambitious
fusion
for
a
sensitive
moment
in
Holocaust
history.”—Booklist
“Prose
so
tender
and
seductive
your
heart
aches
for
the
actors
in
this
tragedy.”—Chuck
Curtis,
The
Historical
Novels
Review
Notă biografică
Harlan
Greene,
the
son
of
Holocaust
survivors,
is
author
of
Why
We
Never
Danced
the
Charleston
and
the
Lambda
Literary
Award–winner
What
the
Dead
Remember.
He
lives
in
Charleston,
South
Carolina.