Address Unknown -

Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

Souvenir Press

2011

64 páginas

2h 8m

ISBN-10: B006WB2EC8

Kressmann Taylor's Address Unknown is a rediscovered classic. Originally published in 1938 - it is now an international bestseller, and reveals the extraordinary power of the pen as a weapon. This is a book that needs to be read.
Thanks to word-of-mouth recommendation from reader to reader, Address Unknown has been reprinted 11 times.
Short but shattering, it will linger in your memory.

Can friendship survive in a divided world? Written on the eve of the Holocaust as a series of letters between a Jew in America and his German friend, Kressmann Taylor's classic novel is a haunting tale of a society poisoned by Nazism.

First published in 1938, Address Unknown met with immediate success in English but was banned in Europe by the Nazis. Tragically prescient about what was to come, it was one of the earliest works of fiction to warn against the growing dangers of fascism and antisemitism in Europe. It became an international bestseller and has been translated into more than twenty languages.

A novel of enduring impact with a memorable sting in its tail, Address Unknown stands as a powerful reminder of the dangers posed by the rhetoric of intolerance.

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5 (Perfeito)

Tão obra-prima quanto o filme dirigido pelo Menzies como propaganda de guerra tardia em 1944, mas que não é visto tanto como clássico quanto o livro.
Destinatário Desconhecido foi escrito em 1938, antes que o Hitler começasse a invadir meia Europa, como um alerta da autora do que estava acontecendo na Alemanha no momento. Kressmann Taylor, ela mesma descendente de alemães, notou que seus amigos alemães vinham sofrendo lavagem cerebral desde a ascensão de Hitler ao poder e resolveu alertar o povo americano sobre isso antes mesmo que tudo virasse uma questão internacional. Provando mais uma vez que com intuição de mulher não se brinca.