Flight to Afar - Softcover

Andersch, Alfred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592640745 ISBN 13: 9781592640744

Publisher: Toby Pr, 2004

Synopsis

A boy dreaming of Huckleberry Finn, a mortally ill Pastor, a seaman, a disillusioned Communist, a young Jewish girl running for her life - meet in a half-derelict Baltic fishing village and are drawn into a daring plan of escape from Nazi Germany. At the center of their plan is a small statue in the Pastor's church, a statue which is to be confiscated because it is politically dangerous, a statue so beautiful and powerful it welds together the stangely assorted band of refugees.

About this title

About the Author:

ALFRED ANDERSCH (1914-1980), was one of the foremost novelists of post-War Germany. Like Heinrich Boll and Gunter Grass, Andersch was one of the most persuasive and constructive critics of the Federal Republic's fledgling democracy. In the post-War years, Andersch helped establish a new German literature for democracy, and one of his numerous novels, Sansibar, (translated as Flight to Afar and now re-issued by the Toby Press) was translated into every major language and became and international bestseller. A master stylist, Andersch was one of the finest writers Germany has seen since the Second World War.

Language Notes:

Text: English, German (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Toby Pr
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1592640745
• ISBN 13: 9781592640744
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172