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A rediscovered classic and international bestseller that recounts the gripping tale of a friendship destroyed at the hands of Nazi Germany In this searing novel, Kathrine Kressmann Taylor brings vividly to life the insidious spread of Nazism through a series of letters between Max, a Jewish art dealer in San Francisco, and Martin, his friend and former business partner who has returned to Germany in 1932, just as Hitler is coming to power.

Originally published in Story magazine in 1938, Address Unknown became an international sensation. Credited with exposing the dangers of Nazism to American readers early on, it is also a scathing indictment of fascist movements around the world and a harrowing exposé of the power of the pen as a weapon.

A powerful and eloquent tale about the consequences of a friendship—and society—poisoned by extremism, Address Unknown remains hauntingly and painfully relevant today. 

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA 1939 PUBLISHING SENSATIONCan friendship survive in a divided world? Written on the eve of the Holocaust as a series of letters between a Jew in America and his German friend, Kressmann Taylor''s classic novel is a haunting tale of a society poisoned by Nazism.First published in 1938, Address Unknown met with immediate success in English but was banned in Europe by the Nazis. Tragically prescient about what was to come, it was one of the earliest works of fiction to warn against the growing dangers of fascism and antisemitism in Europe. It became an international bestseller and has been translated into more than twenty languages.A novel of enduring impact with a memorable sting in its tail, Address Unknown stands as a powerful reminder of the dangers posed by the rhetoric of intolerance.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND ENDURING CLASSICA BARNES & NOBLE BEST BOOK OF ALL TIME'A tale profoundly appreciated' Kurt VonnegutCan friendship survive in a divided world? Written on the eve of the Holocaust as a series of letters between a Jew in America and his German friend, Kressmann Taylor's classic novel is a haunting tale of a society poisoned by Nazism.First published in 1938, Address Unknown met with immediate success in English but was banned in Europe by the Nazis. Tragically prescient about what was to come, it was one of the earliest works of fiction to warn against the growing dangers of fascism and antisemitism in Europe. It became an international bestseller and has been translated into more than twenty languages.A novel of enduring impact with a memorable sting in its tail, Address Unknown stands as a powerful reminder of the dangers posed by the rhetoric of intolerance.

“Florence: Ordeal by Water was absolutely indispensableduring my research for Still Life. Here, finally, was a vivideye-witness account of the 1966 flood that devastated Florence. Utterlycompelling.”  Sarah Winman, internationalbestselling author of Still Life.This is a vivid eyewitness account of the 1966 flooding ofthe River Arno in Florence by the American writer and historian KathrineKressmann Taylor.  Her infinitely movingdiary of the days of the flood, and those that followed, detail how thecitizens of Florence strove against the choking sea of mud that engulfed theirhomes, possessions, shops and art.Published in a beautiful gift hardback edition, with anintroduction by acclaimed art historian and journalist, Vanessa Nicolson, Florence:Ordeal by Water documents the disaster in vivid and compassionate detail.