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The Seventh Cross (Paperback)
Anna Seghers; Translated by Margot Bettauer Dembo; Introduction by Rachel Seiffert
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A rediscovered German classic novel from 1942, The Seventh Cross is
both a gripping escape story and a powerful novel of resistance.
'At once a suspenseful manhunt story and a knowing portrait of the
perils of ordinary life in Hitler's Germany, The Seventh Cross is
not only an important novel, but an important historical document.
This new, unabridged translation is a genuine publishing event'
JOSEPH KANON, author of The Good German and Leaving Berlin 'It was
[Seghers] who taught my generation and anyone who had an ear to
listen after that not-to-be-forgotten war to distinguish right from
wrong. The Seventh Cross shaped me; it sharpened my vision' Gunter
Grass 'A masterpiece. Written in the midst of terror, but with such
clarity, such acuity; Seghers is a writer of rare insight' Rachel
Seiffert, author of A Boy in Winter Seven prisoners escape from
Westhofen concentration camp. Seven crosses are erected in the
grounds and the commandant vows to capture the fugitives within a
week. Six men are caught quickly, but George Heisler slips through
his pursuers' fingers and it becomes a matter of pride to track him
down, at whatever cost. Who can George trust? Who will betray him?
The years of fear have changed those he knew best: his brother is
now an SS officer; his lover turns him away. Hunted, injured and
desperate, time is running out for George, and whoever is caught
aiding his escape will pay with their life. The Seventh Cross
powerfully documents the insidious rise of a fascist regime - the
seething paranoia, the sudden arrests, the silence and fear. 'A
fascinating insight into life in pre-war Nazi Germany just as the
horrors of the Nazi regime were beginning to unfold. This is an
important novel, as much for its picture of German society as for
its insight into the psyche of ordinary people confronting their
personal fears and mixed loyalties' Simon Mawer, author of The
Glass Room The Seventh Cross was written by one of the most
important German writers of the twentieth century. Her aim was to
write, 'A tale that makes it possible to get to know the many
layers of fascist Germany through the fortunes of a single man.'
She had four copies of the manuscript: one was destroyed in an air
raid; a friend lost the second copy while fleeing the Nazis;
another was found by the Gestapo; only the fourth copy survived,
which, fortunately, she sent to her publisher in America just
before she escaped Nazi-occupied France. Published in 1942, The
Seventh Cross was an immediate bestseller and was the basis for an
MGM film starring Spencer Tracy in 1944. It has been translated
into more than 40 languages.
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The Seventh Cross (Paperback)
Anna Seghers; Translated by Margot Bettauer Dembo; Introduction by Rachel Seiffert
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R319
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Discovery Miles 2 620
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'At once a suspenseful manhunt story and a knowing portrait of the
perils of ordinary life in Hitler's Germany, The Seventh Cross is
not only an important novel, but an important historical document.
This new, unabridged translation is a genuine publishing event' -
Joseph Kanon, author of 'The Good German' and 'Leaving Berlin' 'A
masterpiece. Written in the midst of terror, but with such clarity,
such acuity; Seghers is a writer of rare insight' RACHEL SEIFFERT
author of A Boy in Winter Seven prisoners escape from Westhofen
concentration camp. Seven crosses are erected in the grounds and
the commandant vows to capture the fugitives within a week. Six men
are caught quickly, but George Heisler slips through his pursuers'
fingers. It becomes a matter of pride to track him down, at
whatever cost. Who can George trust? Who will betray him? The years
of fear have changed those he knew best: his brother is now an SS
officer; his lover turns him away. Hunted, injured and desperate,
time is running out for George, and whoever is caught aiding in his
escape will pay with their life. The Seventh Cross is one of the
most powerful and influential novels of the twentieth century, a
tense thriller that helped to alert the world to the grim realities
of Nazi Germany. 'It was [Seghers] who taught my generation and
anyone who had an ear to listen after that not-to-be-forgotten war
to distinguish right from wrong. The Seventh Cross shaped me; it
sharpened my vision' GUNTER GRASS 'A fascinating insight into life
in pre-war Nazi Germany just as the horrors of the Nazi regime were
beginning to unfold. This is an important novel, as much for its
picture of German society as for its insight into the psyche of
ordinary people confronting their personal fears and mixed
loyalties' SIMON MAWER, author of The Glass Room In The Seventh
Cross, Seghers's aim was to write, 'A tale that makes it possible
to get to know the many layers of fascist Germany through the
fortunes of a single man.' She had four copies of the manuscript:
one was destroyed in an air raid; a friend lost the second copy
while fleeing the Nazis; another was found by the Gestapo; only the
fourth copy survived, which, fortunately, she sent to her publisher
in America just before she escaped Nazi-occupied France. Published
in 1942, The Seventh Cross was an immediate bestseller and was the
basis for an MGM film starring Spencer Tracy in 1944. It has been
translated into more than 40 languages. Margot Bettauer Dembo's
expert new translation makes the complete text of this great
political novel available in English for the first time.
Early on a grey November morning in 1941, only weeks after the
German invasion, a small Ukrainian town is overrun by the SS. Deft,
spare and devastating, Rachel Seiffert's new novel tells of the
three days that follow and the lives that are overturned in the
process. Penned in with his fellow Jews, under threat of
transportation, Ephraim anxiously awaits word of his two sons,
missing since daybreak. Come in search of her lover, to fetch him
home again, away from the invaders, Yasia must confront new and
harsh truths about those closest to her. Here to avoid a war he
considers criminal, German engineer Otto Pohl is faced with an even
greater crime unfolding behind the lines, and no-one but himself to
turn to. And in the midst of it all is the determined boy Yankel
who will throw his and his young brother's chances of surviving to
strangers. A Boy In Winter is a story of hope when all is lost, and
of mercy when the times have none.
The Dark Room tells the stories of three ordinary Germans: Helmut, a young photographer in Berlin in the 1930s who uses his craft to express his patriotic fervour; Lore, a twelve-year-old girl who in 1945 guides her young siblings across a devastated Germany after her Nazi parents are seized by the Allies; and, fifty years later, Micha, a young teacher obsessed with what his loving grandfather did in the war, struggling to deal with the past of his family and his country.
Rachel Seiffert’s absorbing, internationally acclaimed debut explores the modern German psyche through the experiences of three ordinary people.
At the onset of World War II, a young photographer’s assistant is kept out of the war due to a physical disability, and instead spends his time capturing on film the changing temper of Berlin, the city he loves. Just weeks after Germany’s surrender, a teenage girl whose parents have been taken into allied custody leads her siblings on a harrowing journey to find their grandmother. And two generations after the war, a teacher searches for the reason why the Russians imprisoned his beloved grandfather. Evoking the experiences of the individual with astonishing emotional depth and psychological acuity, The Dark Room develops a portrait of the twentieth century in all its drama and complexity.
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