Mendelssohn Is On The Roof by Jiri Weil (English) Paperback Book

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A remarkable novel about the Holocaust in Prague, with a preface by Philip Roth.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

SS officer Julius Schlesinger is ordered to remove the statue of the Jewish composer Mendelssohn from the roof of the Prague Academy of Music before an official concert. Unsure which among the decorative statues is Mendelssohn, he tells his men to remove the statue with the biggest nose. Unfortunately, this is the statue of Wagner . . . This darkly comic and deeply moving novel traces the transformation of ordinary lives during the Nazi occupation of Prague. Weil tells the story of the struggle to survive in a labyrinthine regime, where humour, as well as great courage, required to retain hope and humanity.

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Full of dark humour and bitter irony, this moving novel traces the transformation of ordinary lives during the Nazi occupation of Prague. Weil is a neglected master of European literature, and this is one of only two of his novels to be translated into English.

Author Biography

Jiri Weil was born in 1900 in Prague, and was one of the best-known writers in Central Europe in the 1930s and the immediate post-war years. In 1942 Weil escaped transportation to the Nazi camps by faking his own death. He remained in hiding for the rest of the Second World War and his novels Mendelssohn is on the Roof and Life with a Star are based on these experiences. Weil died in 1959.

Long Description

A remarkable novel about the Holocaust in Prague, with a preface by Philip Roth. SS officer Julius Schlesinger is ordered to remove the statue of the Jewish composer Mendelssohn from the roof of the Prague Academy of Music before an official concert. Unsure which among the decorative statues is Mendelssohn, he tells his men to remove the statue with the biggest nose. Unfortunately, this is the statue of Wagner . . . This darkly comic and deeply moving novel traces the transformation of ordinary lives during the Nazi occupation of Prague. Weil tells the story of the struggle to survive in a labyrinthine regime, where humour, as well as great courage, required to retain hope and humanity.

Details ISBN1907970010 Year 2011 ISBN-10 1907970010 ISBN-13 9781907970016 Media Book Author Philip Roth Short Title MENDELSSOHN IS ON THE ROOF Language English Translator Marie Winn Imprint Daunt Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Czech Birth 1900 Death 1959 Audience Age 0-0 Pages 278 Format Paperback UK Release Date 2011-06-09 AU Release Date 2011-06-09 Publisher Daunt Books Publication Date 2011-06-09 DEWEY 891.8635 Audience General NZ Release Date 2015-08-25 We've got this

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