This intriguing vel follows German author Thomas Mann during three crucial days in 1936. Away in Switzerland and fearing arrest by the Nazis upon his return to Germany, Mann must choose whether to travel back to Munich. He decides to release an open letter to the regime in a Swiss newspaper but is then tortured by doubt: his Jewish publisher in Germany will be furious with the unwelcome attention Mann's letter is sure to bring, and by choosing exile, isn't the writer abandoning his loyal readers back home? Will the Nazis burn his books? Will they confiscate his diaries, which include intimate, homoerotic confessions? Britta BOhler shows us one of the twentieth century's greatest writers as a family man, a father, a writer, and a man with moral doubts. We see a human soul trapped in a historical setting that forces him to make a seemingly impossible choice. A convincing depiction of a dilemma addressed only sparsely in Mann's own writings, The Decision eloquently explores the all-too-human price of confronting totalitarianism.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited
ISBN-10
1910376132
ISBN-13
9781910376133
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216652539
Product Key Features
Format
Sewn,Cloth over Boards, Hardback
Language
English
Topic
General & Literary Fiction
Author
Britta Bohler
Genre
General & Literary Fiction
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
London
Date of Publication
01/10/2015
Translated by
Jeannette K. Ringold
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Author Biography
Britta BOhler, a Dutch lawyer of German descent, is based in Amsterdam. The Decision is her first novel. Jeannette K. Ringold has translated a number of literary novels from Dutch, including Anna Enquist's The Masterpiece and The Secret.