An edition of A Jewish mother from Berlin (1997)

A Jewish mother from Berlin

a novel ; Susanna : a novella

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An edition of A Jewish mother from Berlin (1997)

A Jewish mother from Berlin

a novel ; Susanna : a novella

In A Jewish Mother from Berlin, Martha Jadassohn's seemingly conventional life plunges into chaos after a brutal attack on her only child. As Martha assumes the self-imposed mission of combing Berlin for the man who raped five-year-old Ursa, she encounters Berlin's staid and seamy sides - a world peopled with working-class weekend gardeners, middle-class cultural snobs, transvestites, a former Spanish dancer turned hostess with a secret, and a Jewish lawyer who clings rigidly to the rule of law.

During her harrowing quest, Martha becomes obsessed with a handsome, shallow "Aryan" type in a relationship that intensifies her solitude and alienation. Kolmar peels away the layers of Martha's outward restraint to bare the soul of a woman slowly shattered by a callous society in which Jews are outcasts and women preyed upon.

Another heroine on a quest for love and self-expression propels the lyrical novella Susanna, a finely wrought psychological portrait of an outsider. The ethereally beautiful Susanna sets out on a tragic search for her lost lover, only to find herself floundering in a world where everyone's perceptions clash with her own.

Publish Date
Publisher
Holmes & Meier
Language
English
Pages
202

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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Series
Modern German voices series
Other Titles
Jewish mother from Berlin ; Susanna, Susanna.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
833/.912
Library of Congress
PT2605.H54 A24 1997, PT2605.H54A24 1997, PT2605.H54 A4 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
202 p. ;
Number of pages
202

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1013383M
Internet Archive
jewishmotherfrom00kolm
ISBN 10
0841913455
LCCN
96054584
OCLC/WorldCat
36165223
Library Thing
4540274
Goodreads
1483716

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