A collection of the work of Uwe Johnson. It includes "Speculations about Jakob," a Faulknerian novel; selections from "Anniversaries: From the Life of Gesine Cresspahl"; Anniversaries II: From the Life of Gesine Cresspahl"; and the writer's essay on the Anniversaries."
A collection of the work of Uwe Johnson. It includes "Speculations about Jakob," a Faulknerian novel; selections from "Anniversaries: From the Life...
This is a social history of refugees escaping Hungary after the Bolshevik-type revolution of 1919, the ensuing counterrevolution, and the rise of anti-Semitism. Largely Jewish and German before World War I, the Hungarian middle class was torn by the disastrous war, the partitioning of Hungary in the Treaty of Trianon, and the numerus clausus act XXV in 1920 that seriously curtailed the number of Jews admitted to higher education. Hungary s outstanding future professionals, whether Jewish, Liberal or Socialist, felt compelled to leave the country and head to German-speaking universities...
This is a social history of refugees escaping Hungary after the Bolshevik-type revolution of 1919, the ensuing counterrevolution, and the rise of anti...
