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- Book Title
- German Officer's Boy
- Publication Name
- The German Officer's Boy
- Title
- The German Officer's Boy
- Format
- Hardcover
- EAN
- 9780299208103
- ISBN
- 9780299208103
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Genre
- History, Fiction
- Release Date
- 03/03/2005
- Release Year
- 2005
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Weight
- 340g
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Topic
- Holocaust, Lgbt / Gay, Mystery & Detective / General, Jewish
- Item Width
- 5in
- Number of Pages
- 216 Pages
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What really happened that afternoon in November 1938, when the young Polish Jew walked into the German embassy in Paris and shots rang out? The immediate consequence was concrete: Nazi Germany retaliated with the "Night of Broken Glass," recognized as the beginning of the Holocaust. Lost and overlooked in the aftermath is the arresting 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 may be the first author to take the Polish Jew at his word. Historians have tried to explain away Herschel Grynszpan's claim that he was involved in a love affair with vom Rath; Greene, instead, traces the lives of the underprivileged and persecuted Herschel Grynszpan and the wealthy German diplomat Ernst vom Rath as they move inevitably towards their ill-fated affair. In spare, vivid, and compelling prose, Greene imagines their world, their relationship, and their last horrific encounter, as they tried to wrest love and meaning from a world that would itself soon disappear in a whirlwind of disaster and madness.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-10
0299208109
ISBN-13
9780299208103
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43753227
Product Key Features
Book Title
German Officer's Boy
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Holocaust, Lgbt / Gay, Mystery & Detective / General, Jewish
Publication Year
2005
Genre
History, Fiction
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5in
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3557.R3799g47 2005
Reviews
"A quite engaging, provocative, and worthy book. What was the tipping point for the Holocaust? Was one Jew the scapegoat for Kristallnacht, and the burning of the ovens beyond? And was his act of virtue less about Jewish patriotism than sexual revenge? The German Officer's Boy is an imaginative reopening of a small but pivotal crease in the narrative mystery and history of the Holocaust."-Thane Rosenbaum, author of The Golems of Gotham, Second Hand Smoke, and Elijah Visible, "A quite engaging, provocative, and worthy book. What was the tipping point for the Holocaust? Was one Jew the scapegoat for Kristallnacht, and the burning of the ovens beyond? And was his act of virtue less about Jewish patriotism than sexual revenge? The German Officer's Boy is an imaginative reopening of a small but pivotal crease in the narrative mystery and history of the Holocaust."—Thane Rosenbaum, author of The Golems of Gotham , Second Hand Smoke , and Elijah Visible, "This is a highly original and compassionate account of how the fires of a forbidden love engulfed Europe. Harlan Greene has brought to life "the boy who started World War II" in a headlong narrative both tender and terrifying.-Katherine Govier, author of Creation: A Novel, "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 North of Nowhere, South of Loss and Due Preparations for the Plague, "A quite engaging, provocative, and worthy book. What was the tipping point for the Holocaust? Was one Jew the scapegoat for Kristallnacht, and the burning of the ovens beyond? And was his act of virtue less about Jewish patriotism than sexual revenge? The German Officer's Boy is an imaginative reopening of a small but pivotal crease in the narrative mystery and history of the Holocaust."-Thane Rosenbaum, author of The Golems of Gotham , Second Hand Smoke , and Elijah Visible, "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 North of Nowhere, South of Loss and Due Preparations for the Plague, "This is a highly original and compassionate account of how the fires of a forbidden love engulfed Europe. Harlan Greene has brought to life "the boy who started World War II" in a headlong narrative both tender and terrifying.--Katherine Govier, author of Creation: A Novel, "A quite engaging, provocative, and worthy book. What was the tipping point for the Holocaust? Was one Jew the scapegoat for Kristallnacht, and the burning of the ovens beyond? And was his act of virtue less about Jewish patriotism than sexual revenge? The German Officer's Boy is an imaginative reopening of a small but pivotal crease in the narrative mystery and history of the Holocaust."--Thane Rosenbaum, author of The Golems of Gotham , Second Hand Smoke , and Elijah Visible, "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 North of Nowhere, South of Loss and Due Preparations for the Plague, "This is a highly original and compassionate account of how the fires of a forbidden love engulfed Europe. Harlan Greene has brought to life "the boy who started World War II" in a headlong narrative both tender and terrifying.—Katherine Govier, author of Creation: A Novel
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
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Lccn
2004-023301
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
22
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