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Engelska, 201543 kr
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For most of us, remembering the Holocaust requires effort; we listen to stories, watch films, read histories. But the people who came to be called survivors” could not avoid their memories. Sol Nazerman, protagonist of Edward Lewis Wallant’s The Pawnbroker, is one such sufferer.At 45, Nazerman, who survived Bergen-Belsen although his wife and children did not, runs a Harlem pawnshop. But the operation is only a front for a gangster who pays Nazerman a comfortable salary for his services. Nazerman’s dreams are haunted by visions of his past tortures. (Dramatizations of these scenes in Sidney Lumet’s 1964 film version are famous for being the first time the extermination camps were depicted in a Hollywood movie.)Remarkable for its attempts to dramatize the aftereffects of the Holocaust, The Pawnbroker is likewise valuable as an exploration of the fraught relationships between Jews and other American minority groups. That this novel, a National Book Award finalist, remains so powerful today makes it all the more tragic that its talented author died, at age 36, the year after its publication. The book sold more than 500,000 copies soon after it was published.
Häftad, Tyska, 2025
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E-bok
Tyska, 2025257 kr
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Joe Berman wanderte im Alter von 18 Jahren mit seiner Mutter aus der Ukraine in die USA aus. Nun fuhrt er mit seinem besten Freund eine gutgehende Klempnerfirma in Connecticut. Sein Leben auf dem Land ist ein kleines, beschauliches Gluck, getragen von der Liebe zu seinen Tochtern, ein wenig auch zu seinem Sohn, vor allem aber zu seiner Frau Mary. Joe Berman bemuht sich redlich, ein guter Ehemann und Vater zu sein. Als Mary plotzlich stirbt, ist seine Einsamkeit unuberwindlich, seine Wut grenzenlos. Mit 59 Jahren steht er unglaubig vor dem gro en Nichts. Von der Wucht seiner Gefuhle kalt erwischt, tauchen vor seinem inneren Auge die entscheidenden Szenen seines Lebens auf. Was macht die Essenz seiner Vergangenheit aus, was bleibt fur immer, welcher Erinnerungsschatz uberdauert, was ist starker als die Raserei eines trauernden Menschen?Einen Sommer lang kampft er gegen ungelenke Trostangebote, gegen Gott und die Leere. Die Jahreszeit vergeht, Joe Berman bleibt.
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
167 kr
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For most of us, remembering the Holocaust requires effort; we listen to stories, watch films, read histories. But the people who came to be called "survivors" could not avoid their memories. Sol Nazerman, protagonist of Edward Lewis Wallant's The Pawnbroker, is one such sufferer. At 45, Nazerman, who survived Bergen-Belsen although his wife and children did not, runs a Harlem pawnshop. But the operation is only a front for a gangster who pays Nazerman a comfortable salary for his services. Nazerman's dreams are haunted by visions of his past tortures. (Dramatizations of these scenes in Sidney Lumet's 1964 film version are famous for being the first time the extermination camps were depicted in a Hollywood movie.) Remarkable for its attempts to dramatize the aftereffects of the Holocaust, The Pawnbroker is likewise valuable as an exploration of the fraught relationships between Jews and other American minority groups. That this novel, a National Book Award finalist, remains so powerful today makes it all the more tragic that its talented author died, at age 36, the year after its publication. The book sold more than 500,000 copies soon after it was published.