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by: Kathrine Kressmann Taylor
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780743412711
ISBN: 0743412710
Label: Washington Square Press
Manufacturer: Washington Square Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: April 01, 2001
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Release Date: April 03, 2001
Sales Rank: 47708
Studio: Washington Square Press
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Product Description:
A rediscovered classic, originally published in 1938 --
and now an international bestseller.
Address
Unknown
When it first appeared in Story magazine in 1938, Address Unknown became an immediate social phenomenon and literary sensation. Published in book form a year later and banned in Nazi Germany, it garnered high praise in the United States and much of Europe.
A series of fictional letters between a Jewish art dealer living in San Francisco and his former business partner, who has returned to Germany, Address Unknown is a haunting tale of enormous and enduring impact.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Best short book!
I think this should be required reading in high school. For such a short book, it has a HUGE impact. A friendship dissolving in the middle of what we know later to be Hitler's reign. Beautiful. Couldn't say enough praises for this book. Very surprising at the end. Def a clever twist that this reader didn't see coming.
I picked this book up and read it in about 15 minutes but just sat there thinking, I wonder how many people could probably really say this happened to them, in a roundabout ... Read More
Rating: - Sweet Revenge
This is a surprisingly brief but very effective drama of the time before
World War II. There is a close business partnership and friendship between
two Germans in the US, one of whom is Jewish. The non-Jew returns to
Hitler's Germany and is soon converted to Nazi-ism. What follows is high drama depicted in correspondence between the two friends. There is ultimately sweet revenge for the German who remained in the US.
Rating: - This should be required reading
Sixty years later, apologists for the slow American response to the holocaust say that, gee, we just had no idea until the camps were liberated at the end of the war. Not so. In 1938, Katherine Kressman Taylor published the short story ADDRESS UNKNOWN in Story Magazine. Its popularity inspired a stand alone hardcover release the following year. The critics could not say enough. They and those who made it a bestseller knew.
It is a perfectly crafted, creatively conceived story and it is a ... Read More
Rating: - Best short story ever written and still relevant
An expertly written and moving short story set during the rise of 1930's Nationalism in Germany. Using the format of a series of correspondence betwen two business partners in the art trade, it traces their close relationship and how this develops when one returns to his German homeland at a time when Hitler is rising to power. With modern parallels to the current east-west political situation, this story is a must read.
Rating: - Chilling Story of Nazis and Revenge
The relationship between two Germans -- one Gentile, the other Jewish -- quickly deteriorates with the rise of Hitler. The book, consisting entirely of trans-Atlantic correspondence, shows how seemingly normal people can be seduced by Fascism.
When the newly enthusiastic Nazi cruelly betrays his longtime friend and business partner, it is not the end, only the beginning. An unforgiveable crime is punished with an extremely creative and deeply vindictive act of revenge that will stay with you ... Read More
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