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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.