The promised land
Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-19702014
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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.
Main title:
The promised land / Erich Maria Remarque ; translated from the German by Michael Hofmann.
Author:
Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970, authorHofmann, Michael, 1957 August 25-, translator
Imprint:
London : Vintage Books, 2014.London : Vintage Books, 2014.
Collation:
423 pages ; 23 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9780099577089 (hbk)
Dewey class:
833.912FICTION
Local class:
F
Language:
EnglishGerman
Added title:
BRN:
1647042