Miglioro Libri di Taylor Kressmann

Novembre 1932. L’ebreo Max Eisenstein e il tedesco Martin Schulse, soci in affari a San Francisco e amici fraterni, si separano. Martin torna in Germania con moglie e figli e tra i due comincia uno scambio di lettere su cui si stende ben presto l’ombra nera della storia: nel 1933 Hitler prende il potere e Martin si lascia sedurre dall’ideologia nazista. Martin non cambia atteggiamento nemmeno quando Max, disperato, gli raccomanda di vegliare sulla sorella Griselle, un’attrice austriaca che è stata amante di Martin e che, nonostante gli avvertimenti ricevuti, ha voluto ugualmente recitare a Berlino. E proprio questo comportamento porterà a un simbolico rovesciamento dei ruoli e ad una raffinata vendetta.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A 1939 PUBLISHING SENSATION Can friendship survive in a divided world? Written on the eve of the Holocaust as a series of letters between a Jew in America and his German friend, Kressmann Taylor’s classic novel is a haunting tale of a society poisoned by Nazism. First published in 1938, Address Unknown met with immediate success in English but was banned in Europe by the Nazis. Tragically prescient about what was to come, it was one of the earliest works of fiction to warn against the growing dangers of fascism and antisemitism in Europe. It became an international bestseller and has been translated into more than twenty languages. A novel of enduring impact with a memorable sting in its tail, Address Unknown stands as a powerful reminder of the dangers posed by the rhetoric of intolerance.