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The promised land / Erich Maria Remarque ; translated from the German by Michael Hofmann.

The promised land / Erich Maria Remarque ; translated from the German by Michael Hofmann.

From the detention centre on Ellis Island, Ludwig Somner looks across a small stretch of water to the glittering towers of New York, which whisper seductively of freedom after so many years of wandering through a perlious, suffering Europe. Remarque's final novel, left unfinished at his death, tells of the precarious life of the refugee - life lived in hotel lobbies, on false passports, the strange, ill-assorted refugee community held together by an unspeakable past. For Somner, each new luxury - ice cream served in drugstores, bright shop windows, art, a new suit, a new romance - has a bittersweet edge. Memories of war and inhumanity continue to resurface even in this peaceful promised land. A haunting snapshot of a unique time, place and predicament, this is another powerful comment from Remarque on the devastating effects of war.

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Shelf Location REMA
Author Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970
Title Gelobte Land
The promised land / Erich Maria Remarque ; translated from the German by Michael Hofmann.
Publication Details London : Vintage Books, 2014.
Description 423 pages ; 22 cm.
Series Vintage classics
Notes First published in Germany as Das gelobte Land.
From the detention centre on Ellis Island, Ludwig Somner looks across a small stretch of water to the glittering towers of New York, which whisper seductively of freedom after so many years of wandering through a perlious, suffering Europe. Remarque's final novel, left unfinished at his death, tells of the precarious life of the refugee - life lived in hotel lobbies, on false passports, the strange, ill-assorted refugee community held together by an unspeakable past. For Somner, each new luxury - ice cream served in drugstores, bright shop windows, art, a new suit, a new romance - has a bittersweet edge. Memories of war and inhumanity continue to resurface even in this peaceful promised land. A haunting snapshot of a unique time, place and predicament, this is another powerful comment from Remarque on the devastating effects of war.
Translated from the German.
Subject Refugees
Kunstbetrieb
Exil
Deutsche
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- New York (State)New York -- Fiction
German fiction -- Translations into English
Refugees -- Fiction
New York (N.Y.)
New York (State) -- New York
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Added Author Hofmann, Michael, 1957 August 25-
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