Flight to Afar [Paperback]

Alfred Andersch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2004

A boy dreaming of Huckleberry Finn, a mortally ill Pastor, a seaman, a disillusioned Communist, a young Jewish girl running for her life - meet in a half-derelict Baltic fishing village and are drawn into a daring plan of escape from Nazi Germany. At the center of their plan is a small statue in the Pastor's church, a statue which is to be confiscated because it is politically dangerous, a statue so beautiful and powerful it welds together the stangely assorted band of refugees.

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Text: English, German (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

ALFRED ANDERSCH (1914-1980), was one of the foremost novelists of post-War Germany. Like Heinrich Boll and Gunter Grass, Andersch was one of the most persuasive and constructive critics of the Federal Republic's fledgling democracy. In the post-War years, Andersch helped establish a new German literature for democracy, and one of his numerous novels, Sansibar, (translated as Flight to Afar and now re-issued by the Toby Press) was translated into every major language and became and international bestseller. A master stylist, Andersch was one of the finest writers Germany has seen since the Second World War.

Product Details

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: The Toby Press, LLC (April 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592640745
• ISBN-13: 978-1592640744
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #768,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most powerful books of our time., November 5, 2011

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This review is from: Flight to Afar: A novel of Nazi Germany (Hardcover)

Alfred Andersch was among the authors that started a literary revolution of sorts with his new stream of consciousness writing style. The very pensive and subtly constructed book delivers thought provoking views on freedom, escape, resistance from multiple perspectives and seems like an autobiographical act of katharsis for the universal guilty conscience of those who failed to stop the NSDAP before it was too late, such as Andersch himself.