{"product_id":"trieste-paperback","title":"Trieste - 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\u003eDasa Drndic\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Splendid and absorbing . . . [Drndic] is writing to witness, and to make the pain stick . . . These dense and satisfying pages capture the crowdedness of memory.\" -- \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Haya Tedeschi sits alone in Gorizia, in northeastern Italy, surrounded by a basket of photographs and newspaper clippings. Now an old woman, she waits to be reunited after sixty-two years with her son, fathered by an SS officer and stolen from her by the German authorities as part of Himmler's clandestine \u003cem\u003eLebensborn \u003c\/em\u003eproject. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Haya reflects on her Catholicized Jewish family's experiences, in a narrative that deals unsparingly with the massacre of Italian Jews in the concentration camps of Trieste. Her obsessive search for her son leads her to photographs, maps, and fragments of verse, to testimonies from the Nuremberg trials and interviews with second-generation Jews, and to eyewitness accounts of atrocities that took place on her doorstep. From this broad collage of material and memory arises the staggering chronicle of Nazi occupation in northern Italy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Although this is fiction, it is also a deeply researched historical documentary . . . It is a masterpiece.\" -- A. N. Wilson, \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A book of events that have made the last century infamous for the ages, a book that, if it moves you as it moved me, you will have to set down now and then, to breathe.\" -- Alan Cheuse, NPR\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSplendid and absorbing . . . [Drndic] is writing to witness, and to make the pain stick . . . These dense and satisfying pages capture the crowdedness of memory. \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Haya Tedeschi sits alone in Gorizia, in northeastern Italy, surrounded by a basket of photographs and newspaper clippings. Now an old woman, she waits to be reunited after sixty-two years with her son, fathered by an SS officer and stolen from her by the German authorities as part of Himmler s clandestine \u003ci\u003eLebensborn \u003c\/i\u003eproject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Haya reflects on her Catholicized Jewish family s experiences, in a narrative that deals unsparingly with the massacre of Italian Jews in the concentration camps of Trieste. Her obsessive search for her son leads her to photographs, maps, and fragments of verse, to testimonies from the Nuremberg trials and interviews with second-generation Jews, and to eyewitness accounts of atrocities that took place on her doorstep. From this broad collage of material and memory arises the staggering chronicle of Nazi occupation in northern Italy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Although this is fiction, it is also a deeply researched historical documentary . . . It is a masterpiece. A. N. Wilson, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A book of events that have made the last century infamous for the ages, a book that, if it moves you as it moved me, you will have to set down now and then, to breathe.\" Alan Cheuse, NPR\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e DA A DRNDIC is a distinguished Croatian novelist, playwright, and literary critic. She spent some years teaching in Canada as an immigrant and gained an M.A. in theater and communications as part of the Fulbright program. She taught in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Rijeka.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ELLEN ELIAS-BURSAC is the leading translator of Serbo-Croatian writing into English.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDASA DRNDIC is a distinguished Croatian novelist, playwright, and literary critic. She teaches in the department of philosophy at the University of Rijeka.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eELLEN ELIAS-BURSAC is the leading translator of Serbo-Croatian writing into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228367896825,"sku":"9780544538504","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/S0ZFVzZEczZqcFFkMW84VnFDVE9KUT09.webp?v=1768290581","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/trieste-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}