The Retreat

A novel

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book The Retreat by Aharon Appelfeld, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Aharon Appelfeld ISBN: 9780805243482
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: November 2, 2016
Imprint: Schocken Language: English
Author: Aharon Appelfeld
ISBN: 9780805243482
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: November 2, 2016
Imprint: Schocken
Language: English

The year is 1937. On a remote hilltop some distance from Vienna stands a hotel called The Retreat. Founded by a man who is determined to cleanse himself and his guests of all "Jewish traits," it is a resort of assimilation, with daily activities that include lessons in how to look, talk, act--in short, how to pass--as a gentile. But with Hitler on the march, the possibilities of both assimilation and retreat are quickly fading for the hotel's patrons, men and women who are necessarily--and horrifically--blind to their fate. Mordant, shrewd, and elegantly written, The Retreat is a moving story of people forbidden to retreat from themselves, by the writer whom Irving Howe called "one of the best novelists alive."

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The year is 1937. On a remote hilltop some distance from Vienna stands a hotel called The Retreat. Founded by a man who is determined to cleanse himself and his guests of all "Jewish traits," it is a resort of assimilation, with daily activities that include lessons in how to look, talk, act--in short, how to pass--as a gentile. But with Hitler on the march, the possibilities of both assimilation and retreat are quickly fading for the hotel's patrons, men and women who are necessarily--and horrifically--blind to their fate. Mordant, shrewd, and elegantly written, The Retreat is a moving story of people forbidden to retreat from themselves, by the writer whom Irving Howe called "one of the best novelists alive."

More books from Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Cover of the book Hitler's Charisma by Aharon Appelfeld
Cover of the book Guys in Suits by Aharon Appelfeld
Cover of the book Monolithos by Aharon Appelfeld
Cover of the book One Secret Thing by Aharon Appelfeld
Cover of the book Another Great Day at Sea by Aharon Appelfeld
Cover of the book Devil Red by Aharon Appelfeld
Cover of the book Life of R Wagner Vol 3 by Aharon Appelfeld
Cover of the book The Year of Magical Thinking by Aharon Appelfeld
Cover of the book The Baroness by Aharon Appelfeld
Cover of the book Stella Descending by Aharon Appelfeld
Cover of the book The Politics of Dispossession by Aharon Appelfeld
Cover of the book And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos by Aharon Appelfeld
Cover of the book Killing Them Softly (Cogan's Trade Movie Tie-in Edition) by Aharon Appelfeld
Cover of the book The Sound of Waves by Aharon Appelfeld
Cover of the book The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later by Aharon Appelfeld
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy