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Combines factual history and fictional details to relate the motives, impulses, and deeds of individuals in the Warsaw ghetto during the Nazi persecution
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Riveting and compelling, The Wall tells the inspiring story of forty men and women who escape the dehumanizing horror of the Warsaw ghetto. John Hersey's novel documents the Warsaw ghetto both as an emblem of Nazi persecution and as a personal confrontation with torture, starvation, humiliation, and cruelty -- a gripping and visceral story, impossible to put down.
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John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China, in 1914 and lived there until 1925, when his family returned to the United States. He studied at Yale and Cambridge, served for a time as Sinclair Lewis’s secretary, and then worked several years as a journalist. Beginning in 1947 he devoted his time mainly to writing fiction. He won the Pulitzer Prize, taught for two decades at Yale, and was president of the Authors League of America and Chancellor of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. John Hersey died in 1993.
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- PublisherModern Library
- Publication date1967
- ISBN 10 0394607988
- ISBN 13 9780394607986
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages632
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The Wall: A Novel (Modern Library Giant G98)
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. 1967 first thus, Toledano G098.1, binding/jacket style G7/Gj, blank verso, blank endpapers. Light spots along top edge, jacket lightly rubbed and toned, jacket price clipped, ink name on front endpaper. 632 pp. "Riveting and compelling, The Wall tells the inspiring story of forty men and women who escape the dehumanizing horror of the Warsaw ghetto. John Hersey's novel documents the Warsaw ghetto both as an emblem of Nazi persecution and as a personal confrontation with torture, starvation, humiliation, and cruelty -- a gripping and visceral story, impossible to put down. Seller Inventory # 2325081
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Text is clean. Cover shows normal wear, ends of spine bumped, upper corner of front cover bumped. Dust jacket shows edgewear, with several small closed tears along top/bottom edges. Dust jacket shows wear to front panel, minor chipping at spine ends. Minor spotting to outer text edges. Top text edge stamped "Not for resale". States First Modern Library Edition, Spetember 1967. ; Toledano binding style 'G7', blank endpapers, dust jacket style 'Gj1'. [Smith: War Story Guide (World War 2: 1939-1945) - 3204]; Modern Library Giants; Vol. 98.1; 632 pages 1st Modern Library Edition; First Printing. Seller Inventory # 39778
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