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Address Unknown - Kressmann Taylor

 
Description: ISBN 0285636294 / Author: Kressmann Taylor / Genre: Fiction / Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd

Newest Review: ... of the liberation of the concentration camps in Germany, Address Unknown was published again, this time translated into 20 ... more

 ... languages and sold millions of copies. She enjoyed her rediscovered fame and died a year later in 1996 at the age of 93. ~ The plot ~ Two art dealers, best friends themselves run their business in the beginning of the 1930s in San Francisco. One of them Max is Jewish, the other, Martin is a German who returns to Germany in 1932 upon hearing news of a new democratic state of the Third Reich. At first, both of them are optimistic though soon enough Max realises all is not fine while Martin is getting more and m...more

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Premium Review Address Unknown - Kressmann Taylor: The perfect short story (883 words)
by - written on 22/04/08 (Very useful, 480 readings)
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~ Introduction ~ I've come across this paperback when I was sorting out my books to keep or sell on or give away. Having read it a couple of times, I decided to read it again and write a review. 50 pages and about half an hour later I turned the last pages of this exceptional tale that was first published 75 years ago, in 1938. A short story that has never lost its remarkable edge and remained the one and only fictional correspondance that despite its tiny length has had enormous repurcussions long after it was written. ~ About the author ~ Kressman Taylor is the pseudonym of American author Kathrine Taylor (born Kathrine Kressmann in ...  Read the complete review

 

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