The Forty Days of Musa Dagh

Franz Werfel

ISBN 10: 0241332869 / ISBN 13: 9780241332863

Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jan 2018, 2018

About this Item

Neuware -'Musa Dagh stood beyond the world. No storm would reach it, even if one should break'It is 1915 and Gabriel has returned to his childhood home, an Armenian village on the slopes of Musa Dagh. But things are becoming increasingly dangerous for his people in Turkey, and, as the government orders round-ups and deportations, the villagers of Musa Dagh decide to fight back. The seminal novel of the Armenian genocide, Franz Werfel's bestselling 1933 epic brought the catastrophe to the world's attention for the first time, and has become a talismanic story of resistance in the face of hatred.'Forty Days will invade your senses and keep the blood pounding. Once read, it will never be forgotten' The New York TimesTranslated by Geoffrey Dunlop and James ReidelPetersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 912 pp. Englisch.

Seller Inventory # 9780241332863

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Forty Days of Musa Dagh
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Jan 2018
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241332869
• ISBN 13: 9780241332863
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 195W x 128H x 53D millimeters 195 millimeters width by 128 millimeters height by 53 millimeters depth
• Weight: 618 grams

About this title

Synopsis

''Musa Dagh stood beyond the world. No storm would reach it, even if one should break''

It is 1915 and Gabriel has returned to his childhood home, an Armenian village on the slopes of Musa Dagh. But things are becoming increasingly dangerous for his people in Turkey, and, as the government orders round-ups and deportations, the villagers of Musa Dagh decide to fight back. The seminal novel of the Armenian genocide, Franz Werfel''s bestselling 1933 epic brought the catastrophe to the world''s attention for the first time, and has become a talismanic story of resistance in the face of hatred.

''Forty Days will invade your senses and keep the blood pounding. Once read, it will never be forgotten'' The New York Times

Translated by Geoffrey Dunlop and James Reidel

About the Author

Franz Werfel (1890 1945) was a Czech-born poet, playwright, and novelist. His writing focused on religion, heroism, and human brotherhood, as seen in the popular novel, The Song of Bernadette.