{"product_id":"the-iron-tracks-paperback","title":"The Iron Tracks - 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\u003eAharon Appelfeld\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow does one live after surviving injustice? What satisfaction comes from revenge? Can the past ever be left behind? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMasterfully composed and imbued with extraordinary feeling and understanding, \u003ci\u003eThe Iron Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting tale of survival and revenge by the writer whom Irving Howe called \"one of the best novelists alive today.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEver since he was released from a concentration camp forty years earlier, Erwin Siegelbaum has been obsessively riding the trains of postwar Austria. His days are filled with drink, his nights with brief love affairs and the torments of his nightmares. What keeps him sane is his mission to collect the menorahs, kiddush cups, and holy books that have survived their vanished owners. And the hope that one day he will find the Nazi officer who murdered his parents--and have the strength to kill him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA haunting exploration of one survivor's complex, wrenching, inner world, \u003ci\u003eThe Iron Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e is distinguished by the depth of insight and the distinctively stark, elegant style that have won Aharon Appelfeld recognition as one of the world's great writers.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does one live after surviving injustice? What satisfaction comes from revenge? Can the past ever be left behind? \u003cbr\u003eMasterfully composed and imbued with extraordinary feeling and understanding, \"The Iron Tracks is a riveting tale of survival and revenge by the writer whom Irving Howe called \"one of the best novelists alive today.\" \u003cbr\u003eEver since he was released from a concentration camp forty years earlier, Erwin Siegelbaum has been obsessively riding the trains of postwar Austria. His days are filled with drink, his nights with brief love affairs and the torments of his nightmares. What keeps him sane is his mission to collect the menorahs, kiddush cups, and holy books that have survived their vanished owners. And the hope that one day he will find the Nazi officer who murdered his parents--and have the strength to kill him. \u003cbr\u003eA haunting exploration of one survivor's complex, wrenching, inner world, The Iron Tracks is distinguished by the depth of insight and the distinctively stark, elegant style that have won Aharon Appelfeld recognition as one of the world's great writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAHARON APPELFELD\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than forty works of fiction and nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Iron Tracks, Until the Dawn's Light \u003c\/i\u003e(both winners of the National Jewish Book Award), \u003ci\u003eThe Story of a Life\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Prix Médicis Étranger), and \u003ci\u003eBadenheim 1939\u003c\/i\u003e. Other honors he has received include the Giovanni Boccaccio Literary Prize, the Nelly Sachs Prize, the Israel Prize, the Bialik Prize, and the MLA Commonwealth Award. \u003ci\u003eBlooms of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2012 and was short-listed for the Man Booker International Prize in 2013. Born in Czernowitz, Bukovina (now part of Ukraine), in 1932, he died in Israel in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.52 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47265886077177,"sku":"9780805210996","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/gMw4a3yEpb9780805210996.webp?v=1768847054","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-iron-tracks-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}