Jurek Becker: 4 books

A collection of newly translated stories “filled with astonishing dialogue and imaginative prose” from the acclaimed author of Jacob the Liar (Jewish Book Council).   One of the giants of postwar German literature, Jurek Becker was author of the acclaimed novel Jacob the Liar, which was awarded...

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Released from a concentration camp after the war, Aron Blank looks for and eventually finds the only other surviving member of his family, his son Mark, whom he was forced to abandon when Mark was only two years old. Working first in the black market and later as a Russian interpreter, Aron tries...

An unforgettable tale of everyday heroism and the extraordinary power of illusion among Europe’s Jews during the Holocaust “that has never been surpassed” (Times Literary Supplement). Set in an unnamed Nazi-occupied ghetto, the story centers on an unlikely hero, Jakob Heym, who accidentally...