{"product_id":"1944-diary-paperback","title":"1944 Diary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHans Keilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e[\u003ci\u003e1944 Diary\u003c\/i\u003e] is a deeply personal account, made even more remarkable that it was written during World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust . . . A moving and fascinating read. --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2010, Farrar, Straus and Giroux published two novels by the German-Jewish writer Hans Keilson: \u003ci\u003e Comedy in a Minor \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eKey\u003c\/i\u003e--written in 1944 while Keilson was in hiding in the Netherlands, first published in German in 1947, and never before in English--and \u003ci\u003eThe Death \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eof the Adversary\u003c\/i\u003e, begun in 1944 and published in 1959, also in German. With their Chekhovian sympathy for perpetrators and bystanders as well as for victims and resisters, Keilson's novels were, as Francine Prose said on the front page of \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \"masterpieces\" by \"a genius\" on her list of \"the world's very greatest writers.\" Keilson was one hundred years old, alive and well and able to enjoy his belated fame. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e1944 Diary\u003c\/i\u003e, rediscovered among Keilson's papers shortly after his death, covers nine months he spent in hiding in Delft with members of a Dutch resistance group, having an affair with a younger Jewish woman in hiding a few blocks away and striving to make a moral and artistic life for himself as the war and the Holocaust raged around him. For readers familiar with Keilson's novels as well as those new to his work, this diary is an incomparable spiritual X-ray of the mind and heart behind the art: a record of survival and creativity in what Keilson called \"the most critical year of my life.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOffering further insight into Keilson are the sonnets he wrote for his lover, Hanna Sanders, which appear in translation at the back of this volume.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHans Keilson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eLife Goes On\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eComedy in a Minor Key, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Death of the Adversary\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Germany in 1909, he published his first novel in 1933. During World War II he joined the Dutch resistance. Later, as a psychotherapist, he pioneered the treatment of war trauma in children. He died in 2011 at the age of 101. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamion Searls\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and has also translated thirty books from German, French, Norwegian, and Dutch. He rediscovered the work of Hans Keilson; his 2010 translation of Keilson's \u003ci\u003eComedy in a Minor Key, \u003c\/i\u003epublished to international acclaim when Keilson was 100, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.2 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 12, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178231775481,"sku":"9780374537852","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dUVnWEhNdWpGNkZJUkY4dmE1R1BZUT09.webp?v=1767722765","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/1944-diary-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}