A fascinating and long-neglected novel about the experiences of a German Jewish woman from the end of the First World War to the mid-1930s, her growing awareness of the rise of Nazism and her search for a home as a refugee. The story of the struggle to establish an identity in an unstable and intolerant world, told in an unforgettable voice. Makeshift traces the story of Charlotte Herz, a German Jewish woman, from the end of the First World War and the time of the Weimar Republic to the rise of Nazism and Hitler's takeover as Reichs Chancellor. Campion details Charlotte's struggle to establish her identity in the midst of increasing anti-Semitism and violence against Jews. Finally, driven into exile, she roams from England to South Africa and Australia before settling, uneasily, in New Zealand. Charlotte's stubborn, irascible outlook makes her a caustic and often bitingly funny observer and her unique voice becomes an irresistible narrative voice. A unique account of the experience of exile that makes for an unforgettable novel.

Excellent condition. The Paris Review No. 212 (Spring 2015) features a rare interview with Elena Ferrante, author of the bestselling Neapolitan Novels series. The four-book saga follows the lifelong friendship of two girls growing up in Naples, Italy. The books became an international phenomenon and were adapted into a hit HBO TV series. This issue also includes a major interview with Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall. A fantastic issue for any literature lover

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Introduction by Joanna Pocock, author of Greyhound In the spring of 1965, British novelist Ethel Mannin decided to see America "the hard way"— traveling by bus from New York to California and back. What she records in An American Journey is all too reminiscent of today's America: racial discrimination, economic inequality, environmental exploitation, and the treatment of native Americans. Her outsider's perspective provides an eye-opening view on both America's recent past and continuing challenges. Starting out in New York City, Mannin crosses the U.S., noting its eyesores and disgraces along with its grandeurs and glories. Long an advocate of outsiders and the oppressed, she observes the desperate poverty on "Indian" reservations and the hopelessness of the young and unemployed in Watts. She sees the reluctance of America's most privileged people to open the same opportunities to its least privileged. And yet, everywhere she encounters an irrepressible sense of optimism and faith in the American dream. As Joanna Pocock, who recounted similar journeys across America by bus in her book Greyhound, writes, "There are two journeys at the heart of this book: an inner and an outward one," placing An American Journey among the classics of travel literature.

Introduction by Joanna Pocock, author of Greyhound In the spring of 1965, British novelist Ethel Mannin decided to see America "the hard way"— traveling by bus from New York to California and back. What she records in An American Journey is all too reminiscent of today's America: racial discrimination, economic inequality, environmental exploitation, and the treatment of native Americans. Her outsider's perspective provides an eye-opening view on both America's recent past and continuing challenges. Starting out in New York City, Mannin crosses the U.S., noting its eyesores and disgraces along with its grandeurs and glories. Long an advocate of outsiders and the oppressed, she observes the desperate poverty on "Indian" reservations and the hopelessness of the young and unemployed in Watts. She sees the reluctance of America's most privileged people to open the same opportunities to its least privileged. And yet, everywhere she encounters an irrepressible sense of optimism and faith in the American dream. As Joanna Pocock, who recounted similar journeys across America by bus in her book Greyhound, writes, "There are two journeys at the heart of this book: an inner and an outward one," placing An American Journey among the classics of travel literature.

Publishing March 30th - pre-orders will ship slightly in advance of this..."One of the most electrifying and surprising endings in world literature." Erich Maria Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front One morning in November 1940, two men meet on New Jersey dock. One, haggard and haunted, says he’s waiting for 75 refugees from Hitler’s Germany. Every day he waits, and every day he leaves — alone. Over a drink in a nearby bar, he relates the story of his imprisonment in a pre-war Nazi concentration camp. Of the SS commandant who separated out all the Jewish inmates and set about a deliberate program to kill them one by one, by torture, beatings, or suicide. Until the day when one inmate found himself faced with a decision: was vengeance, as it says in the Torah, a matter for God alone? Written in 1943 and never before translated into English, Vengeance is Mine [German title: Mein ist die Rache] is the first work of fiction to predict the Nazi’s final solution, their program to exterminate the Jews. Its story is short, stunning, and unforgettable: a 20th century masterpiece. “When you read it, the world fades into darkness ... and that's how it should be." Max Brod

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