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The Journey : a Novel by Adler, H. G; Filkins, Peter is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Journey : a Novel about?
A major literary event: the first-ever English translation of a lost masterpiece of Holocaust literature by acclaimed author and survivor H. G. AdlerThe story behind the story of *The Journey* is remarkable in itself: Award-winning translator Peter Filkins discovered an obscure German novel in a Harvard Square bookstore and, reading it, realized that it was a treasure unavailable to English speakers. It was the most powerful book by the late H. G. Adler, a survivor of Theresienstadt and Auschwitz, a writer whose work had been praised by authors from Elias Canetti to Heinrich Böll and yet remained unknown to international audiences.Written in 1950 after Adler’s emigration to England, *The Journey* was not released in Germany until 1962. After the war, larger publishing houses stayed away from novels about the Holocaust, feeling that the tragedy could not be fictionalized and that any metaphorical interpretation was obscene. Only a small publisher was in those days willing to take on *The Journey*.Yet Filkins found that Adler had depicted the event in a unique, truly modern, and deeply moving way. Avoiding specific mention of country or camps–even of Nazis and Jews–*The Journey* is a
Who reads The Journey : a Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Adler, H. G; Filkins, Peter
- Publisher
- New York : Random House
- Published
- 1962
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780812978315
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, History
- Rating
- 3.67 / 5 (41 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14