| Kahn & Engelmann Contributor(s): Eichner, Hans (Author), Snook, Jean M. (Translator) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1897231547 ISBN-13: 9781897231548 Publisher: Biblioasis OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: A critical and commercial success in German, Kahn & Engelmann tells the story of a Jewish family from rural Hungary, their immigration to Vienna in the great days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, their loves, business ventures and failings, and their eventual tragic destruction. Narrated by Peter Engelmann, who wishes only to forget his past, this highly original novel recreates a vanished Vienna with salty humour and humanity. In a voice which is appealing without being sentimental, Peter describes his escape from the Nazis through snowy woods, his attempts to start a new life in England and Canada, and his decision to immigrate to Israel. Written by an eminent scholar, himself a survivor of Nazism, Kahn & Engelmann is both an entertaining novel and a major work of Holocaust literature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Jewish |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Biblioasis International Translation |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.90 lbs) 334 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A critical and commercial success in German, Kahn & Engelmann tells the story of a Jewish family from rural Hungary, their immigration to Vienna in the great days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, their loves, business ventures and failings, and their eventual tragic destruction. Narrated by Peter Engelmann, who wishes only to forget his past, this highly original novel recreates a vanished Vienna with salty humour and humanity. In a voice which is appealing without being sentimental, Peter describes his escape from the Nazis through snowy woods, his attempts to start a new life in England and Canada, and his decision to immigrate to Israel. Written by an eminent scholar, himself a survivor of Nazism, Kahn & Engelmann is both an entertaining novel and a major work of Holocaust literature. |