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008 141004s2015 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2014038284
020 $a9781590178263 (pbk.)
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050 00 $aPR6052.E3112$bL44 2015
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084 $aFIC045000$aFIC014000$aFIC019000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aBedford, Sybille,$d1911-2006$eauthor.
245 12 $aA legacy /$cSybille Bedford ; introduction by Brenda Wineapple.
264 1 $aNew York :$bNew York Review Books,$c[2015]
300 $axv, 368 pages ;$c21 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aNew York Review Books Classics
520 $a"A Legacy is the tale of two very different families. The Merzes are members of the Jewish upper bourgeoisie of Berlin and direct descendants of Henriette Merz, friend of Goethe and Mirabeau. But this imposing legacy has long since ceased to mean much of anything in the Merzes' huge town house, where the family devotes itself to little more than enjoying its comfort and ensuring its wealth. The Feldens are landed Catholic aristocracy, well off but not rich, from the Catholic south of Germany. When Julius von Felden marries Melanie Merz the fortunes of the two families become strangely, and sometimes fatally, entwined. Told from the point of view of a precociously observant child and set against the background of Germany before the First Word War, A Legacy is at once captivating, magnificently funny, and profound, an unforgettable image of a doomed way of life"--$cProvided by publisher.
651 0 $aBerlin (Germany)$vFiction.
650 0 $aCatholics$vFiction.
650 0 $aJewish families$vFiction.
655 0 $aDomestic fiction.
650 7 $aFICTION / Family Life.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Historical.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Literary.$2bisacsh
776 08 $iOnline version:$aBedford, Sybille, 1911-2006.$tLegacy$dNew York : NYRB Classics, 2015$z9781590178270$w(DLC) 2014039746
856 42 $3Cover image$u9781590178263.jpg