Bibliograph

The inventory, a novel, by Gila Lustiger ; translated from the German by Rebecca Morrison

Type

Label

The inventory, a novel, by Gila Lustiger ; translated from the German by Rebecca Morrison

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The inventory

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

647643648

Responsibility statement

by Gila Lustiger ; translated from the German by Rebecca Morrison

Review

"The Inventory is an account of the effects of Nazi paranoia upon every segment of German society. Gila Lustiger weaves together the tales of ordinary people swept up in a society where brutal oppression and extermination are everyday events."

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"Amid the routine of daily life - with its flirtations and quarrels, longings and disappointments - the mechanism of persecution spares no one: A renowned opera singer is savagely beaten for suspicion of homosexuality; a mother writes to the Ghetto Administration for a good deal on penknives confiscated from Jewish deportees; a student is tortured by the Gestapo for a vague association with the Young Socialist Workers; a husband files for divorce when his wife shops at a Jewish-owned storeIntersecting stories of common citizens, both sinned against and sinning, reveal uncanny, entwined relationships in a nation where no one remains untouched by suspicion and fear, where respectable housewives become informants and saviors, and children become protectors and abusers."--Jacket

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