The Resource The wall : a novel, H. G. Adler ; translated from the German by Peter Filkins
The wall : a novel, H. G. Adler ; translated from the German by Peter Filkins
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The item The wall : a novel, H. G. Adler ; translated from the German by Peter Filkins represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Des Moines Public Library.
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- Summary
- "When Random House published the first English translation of H.G. Adler's The Journey in 2008, literary critics and historians alike came to recognize Adler as a neglected modern master, comparing him to Joyce, Woolf, Kafka, and Gertrude Stein. Told in a powerful stream-of-consciousness style reminiscent of our finest modernist writers, The Wall is the story of Arthur Landau, a Holocaust survivor struggling to leave behind the horrors of the past and find a foothold in the present. After the war, Arthur returns to Prague in the hope of finding his parents, works in a museum that collects Jewish artifacts, and eventually crosses the border, leaving his homeland and friends for good. Despite the loss of his first wife to the camps, the love of his second wife, Johanna, and their two children anchors him amid the chaotic and competitive world of postwar exiles living in London. Though Adler recreates time and place with stunning descriptive detail, the themes are universal and timeless. The "wall" in front of Arthur will not let him entirely remember the past and thus free himself from nightmares, nor entirely let him forget the past and move on. Though he sees himself as akin to "that first Adam", expelled forever from Paradise, Arthur gradually learns to affirm his life once again through his family and work, a testimony to the human spirit that continues to persevere within him"--
- Language
-
- eng
- ger
- eng
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- xix, 630 pages
- Note
- "This work was originally published in Germany as Die unsichtbare Wand by Paul Zsolnay Verlag in 1989. Copyright (c) 1989 by Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna" - Verso title page
- Contents
-
- Translator's Note
- Introduction by Peter Filkins
- The Wall
- List of Characters
- Principal Events
- Isbn
- 9780812993066
- Label
- The wall : a novel
- Title
- The wall
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- H. G. Adler ; translated from the German by Peter Filkins
- Language
-
- eng
- ger
- eng
- Summary
- "When Random House published the first English translation of H.G. Adler's The Journey in 2008, literary critics and historians alike came to recognize Adler as a neglected modern master, comparing him to Joyce, Woolf, Kafka, and Gertrude Stein. Told in a powerful stream-of-consciousness style reminiscent of our finest modernist writers, The Wall is the story of Arthur Landau, a Holocaust survivor struggling to leave behind the horrors of the past and find a foothold in the present. After the war, Arthur returns to Prague in the hope of finding his parents, works in a museum that collects Jewish artifacts, and eventually crosses the border, leaving his homeland and friends for good. Despite the loss of his first wife to the camps, the love of his second wife, Johanna, and their two children anchors him amid the chaotic and competitive world of postwar exiles living in London. Though Adler recreates time and place with stunning descriptive detail, the themes are universal and timeless. The "wall" in front of Arthur will not let him entirely remember the past and thus free himself from nightmares, nor entirely let him forget the past and move on. Though he sees himself as akin to "that first Adam", expelled forever from Paradise, Arthur gradually learns to affirm his life once again through his family and work, a testimony to the human spirit that continues to persevere within him"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Adler, H. G
- Dewey number
- 833/.914
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PT2601.D614
- LC item number
- U5713 2014
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Filkins, Peter
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Holocaust survivors
- Exiles
- Psychic trauma
- Self-realization
- Prague (Czech Republic)
- London (England)
- Label
- The wall : a novel, H. G. Adler ; translated from the German by Peter Filkins
- Note
- "This work was originally published in Germany as Die unsichtbare Wand by Paul Zsolnay Verlag in 1989. Copyright (c) 1989 by Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna" - Verso title page
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Translator's Note -- Introduction by Peter Filkins -- The Wall -- List of Characters -- Principal Events
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- xix, 630 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812993066
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014003513
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- sky259314752
- (OCoLC)873728764
- 885460
- Label
- The wall : a novel, H. G. Adler ; translated from the German by Peter Filkins
- Note
- "This work was originally published in Germany as Die unsichtbare Wand by Paul Zsolnay Verlag in 1989. Copyright (c) 1989 by Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna" - Verso title page
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Translator's Note -- Introduction by Peter Filkins -- The Wall -- List of Characters -- Principal Events
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- xix, 630 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812993066
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014003513
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- sky259314752
- (OCoLC)873728764
- 885460
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