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The Journey : a Novel by Adler, H. G; Filkins, Peter is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A major literary the first-ever English translation of a lost masterpiece of Holocaust literature by acclaimed author and survivor H. G. Adler The story behind the story of The Journey is remarkable in 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 Bll and yet remained unknown to international audiences. Written in 1950 after Adlers 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 campseven of Nazis and Jews The Journey is a lyrical nightmare of

Who reads The Journey : a Novel?

Author

Adler, H. G; Filkins, Peter

Publisher

New York : Random House

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400066735

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, History

Rating

3.67 / 5 (41 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14