Jurek Becker

Nella vicenda del commerciante polacco Jakob c'e un paradosso esistenziale che trascende ogni contingenza storica. Dal momento che vive in un mondo stravolto, per essere creduto Jakob deve mentire e per dare una vera buona notizia deve inventare una storia fasulla. Grazie infatti alla bugia di possedere una radio, puo comunicare agli altri membri del ghetto che i russi stanno riconquistando i territori occupati e che si avvicina cosi la liberazione. Cio mette in moto una serie di reazioni a catena, di cui il povero venditore si trova a essere il centro. Rinasce la speranza, il ghetto si rianima, e tuttavia la pieta da cui era nata la bugia non riesce a scongiurare il dramma..

A les darreries de la Segona Guerra Mundial, els jueus dun ghetto polones petit i anonim creuen de cop en la possibilitat de sobreviure gracies a les mentides den Jakob, a partir duna veritat increible. Lhumil mentider per misericordia anomenat de cognom Heym (llar,patria), protagonitza la historia potser mes entranyablement representativa de la comunitat judeoalemanya de lest dEuropa exterminada en massa pels nazis. Aquesta novel·la en que lart de contar es combina amb el lirisme mes autentic i amb un humor sorprenent, escrita el 1968 i publicada el 1969 a la desapareguda Republica Democratica Alemanya, ha obtingut entre altres guardons el premi Heinrich Mann, i bona prova del seu exit, ha estat ja objecte de dues versions cinematografiques.

Jeanie acaba de salir de la prisión y entra como asistenta en casa de los señores March quienes tienen 4 hijos de 18 años, cuatrillizos: Clark, Jack, Mark y Stark. Cierto día, haciendo la limpieza descubre el diario secreto de uno de los hijos. A través de este diario sin nombre se entera de hechos espeluznantes: su escritor es un auténtico maníaco asesino que afirma haber cometido su primer asesinato siendo aún un niño. Jeanie, descubre poco a poco que los hechos son ciertos. cuando el autor del diario se da cuenta de que Jeanie lee su diario empieza el juego del gato y el ratón entre el maníaco asesino y Jeanie.

Cut off from all news of the war along with thousands of fellow prisoners, Jacob Heym accidentally overhears a radio broadcast that reveals the Red Armys advancement and is forced to tell a series of lies in order to explain his knowledge.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fictionnovels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Released from a concentration camp after the war, Aron Blank looks for and eventually finds the only other surviving member of his family, his son Mark, whom he was forced to abandon when Mark was only two years old. Working first in the black market and later as a Russian interpreter, Aron tries to rebuild a normal life for himself and his son in East Berlin. Decades later, with Mark lost in the Six-Day War, Aron tells his story to a young interviewerthe flow of his poignant narrative occasionally interrupted by their brief exchanges, which are peppered with humor. Written with the understated elegance that brought Becker worldwide acclaim for Jacob the Liar, this is a rare portrait of Jewish life in postwar Germany and a profoundly human story of survival, friendship, and fatherly love.

Jurek Becker was one of the giants of postwar German literature. The novel for which he is best-known, Jacob the Liar, won wide acclaim, was awarded the Heinrich-Mann and Charles Veillon Prizes, and was made into two movies. It has been called a novel about the martyrdom of Europes Jews that has never been surpassed (Times Literary Supplement). The Wall is a new, brief collection of stories by Becker that have either never been translated into English or been published here in book form before. The title story, The Wall, recounts two boys risky adventure when they scale the wall of a transit camp to visit the ghetto their families have recently vacated. In The Most Popular Family Story, a favorite anecdote recounted year after year at the gatherings of an extended Jewish family subtly marks the absences left by the Holocaust. Also included are two stories of Communist East Germany and the wall that divided Berlin, The Suspect and Romeo, as well as a short essay on the Lodz ghetto, The Invisible City. Christine Becker has provided an introduction to the collection.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fictionnovels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Los tres hombres que han amado a Amanda toman la palabra para hablar de su vida con ella. Al menos dos de estos hombres los que han convivido con ella en la Alemania comunistadicen que es desalmada, sin corazon, tal vez porque los abandona para irse con el tercero, tal vez porque tengan razon. ¿Quien sabe ? Porque las situaciones nunca son tan claras en la vida de las parejas : el primero Ludwig, que es redactor deportivo en un periodico y hombre de orden, expone a su abogado los motivos por los que cree justificado el divorcio ; el segundo, el escritor Fritz, disidente a pesar suyo, intenta reconstruir su relacion fracasada con Amanda por medio de una novela, que debia de escribir ella ; y Stanislaus, reportero radiofonico en Hamburgo, escribe en su diario intimo como se enamora de Amanda, como se casan, como vive ella el ambiente febril antes de la caida del muro de Berlin, como abandona la RDA y como, en la doble libertad alcanzada, vuelve finalmente a escribir.

A les darreries de la Segona Guerra Mundial, els jueus dun gueto polones petit i anonim creuen de cop i volta en la possibilitat de sobreviure gracies a les mentides den Jakob. Lhumil mentider per misericordia protagonitzala historia potser mes entranyablement representativa de la comunitat judeoalemanya de lest dEuropa, en que lart de narrar combina admirablement la realitat de la tragedia i el poder intacte del riure. Traduit perCosta-Woith.