
The Conversion
A novel
Aharon Appelfeld(Author)
Random House Inc (Publisher)
Published on 14. December 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-8052-1098-9 (ISBN)
Description
Our story opens in an Austrian city, two generations before the Holocaust, where almost all of the Jews have converted to Christianity. Today the church bells are pealing for Karl, an ambitious young civil servant whose conversion will clear his path to a coveted high government post. Karl's future looks bright, but with his promotion comes a political crisis that turns his conversion into a baptism by fire, unexpectedly reuniting Karl with his past and forcing him to take a stand he could never have imagined.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
344 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8052-1098-9 (9780805210989)
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Aharon Appelfeld