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| Address Unknown | 
 enlarge | Author: Kathrine Kressmann Taylor
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Category: Book
List Price: $8.95
Buy New: $4.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 64
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.1 x 5.3 x 0.2
ISBN: 0743412710
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780743412711
Publication Date: April 1, 2001
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Product Description
A rediscovered classic, originally published in 1938 --
and now an international bestseller. Address
Unknown When it first appeared in Story magazine in 1938, Address Unknown became an immediate social phenomenon and literary sensation. Published in book form a year later and banned in Nazi Germany, it garnered high praise in the United States and much of Europe. A series of fictional letters between a Jewish art dealer living in San Francisco and his former business partner, who has returned to Germany, Address Unknown is a haunting tale of enormous and enduring impact.
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 Address Unknown December 12, 2008
A very compelling book. It is very short and written in the form of letters between two Germans, set during the rise of Hitler. I first bought this book in a hardback edition but recently only the paperback was available. Although this was dearer then the hardback I was very disappointed with the format. The pages were badly cut and not of a standard size. I would not recommend buying the paperback edition. It looks as if it has been assembled by chimps.
 Best short book! May 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I think this should be required reading in high school. For such a short book, it has a HUGE impact. A friendship dissolving in the middle of what we know later to be Hitler's reign. Beautiful. Couldn't say enough praises for this book. Very surprising at the end. Def a clever twist that this reader didn't see coming.
I picked this book up and read it in about 15 minutes but just sat there thinking, I wonder how many people could probably really say this happened to them, in a roundabout way?
This is ONE book you should add to your collection!
Sweet Revenge July 14, 2007
This is a surprisingly brief but very effective drama of the time before
World War II. There is a close business partnership and friendship between
two Germans in the US, one of whom is Jewish. The non-Jew returns to
Hitler's Germany and is soon converted to Nazi-ism. What follows is high drama depicted in correspondence between the two friends. There is ultimately sweet revenge for the German who remained in the US.
This should be required reading April 6, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Sixty years later, apologists for the slow American response to the holocaust say that, gee, we just had no idea until the camps were liberated at the end of the war. Not so. In 1938, Katherine Kressman Taylor published the short story ADDRESS UNKNOWN in Story Magazine. Its popularity inspired a stand alone hardcover release the following year. The critics could not say enough. They and those who made it a bestseller knew.
It is a perfectly crafted, creatively conceived story and it is a story that delivered an unmistakable message about the Nazi menace. Taylor was inspired by what became of a couple she knew who moved to Germany in the 30's and from a newspaper article. This edition includes an introduction by the author's son who reveals some biographical detail and how the story came to be written. Even with this information and what we know of history, the story packs an unexpected punch. It takes fiction to the living edge of what it can do for society and culture.
This is a nicely produced edition, with a sturdy, flapped soft cover and rich vellum pages,worthy of the classic it is.
Best short story ever written and still relevant March 26, 2007
An expertly written and moving short story set during the rise of 1930's Nationalism in Germany. Using the format of a series of correspondence betwen two business partners in the art trade, it traces their close relationship and how this develops when one returns to his German homeland at a time when Hitler is rising to power. With modern parallels to the current east-west political situation, this story is a must read.
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