| Edition |
First McNally Editions paperback. |
| Description |
xviii, 380 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Book I: Yesterday -- Book II: Today -- Book III: Tomorrow. |
| Summary |
"In the foment of Weimar-era Berlin, the Oppermann brothers represent tradition and stability. One brother oversees the furniture chain founded by their grandfather, one is an eminent surgeon, one a respected critic. They are rich, cultured, liberal, and public spirited, proud inheritors of the German enlightenment. They don't see Hitler as a threat. Then, to their horror, the Nazis come to power, and the Oppermanns and their children are faced with the terrible decision of whether to adapt - if they can - flee, or try to fight. Written in 1933, nearly in real time, The Oppermanns captures the day-to-day vertigo of watching a liberal democracy fall apart. As Joshua Cohen writes in his introduction to this new edition, it is "one of the last masterpieces of German-Jewish culture." Prescient and chilling, it has lost none of its power today." -- Jacket flap. |
| Language |
In English. Translated from the German. |
| Subject |
Jews -- Germany -- Berlin -- Fiction.
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Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Political fiction.
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Novels.
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| Added Title |
Geschwister Oppenheim. English
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| ISBN |
9781946022332 (paperback) |
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1946022330 (paperback) |
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