The Jew's Beech
Author(s): Annette Von Droste-Hulshoff; Lionel Thomas (Translator); Doris Thomas (Translator)
Based on a true story, The Jew's Beech centres on two brutal murders in rural Westphalia - the first of a local forester and the second of a Jewish moneylender near a beech tree - and the impact these events have on the life of Friedrich Mergel, a local herdsman with a turbulent family history.
A prototype of the murder mystery and a thoughtful examination of village society, this intriguing novella contains hints of the Gothic and the uncanny - ominous thunderstorms, mysterious disappearances, eerie doppelgängers and grisly discoveries in the depths of the forest - as well as a famously ambiguous climax.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Alma Classics
- : Alma Classics
- : 0.131542
- : 15 April 2024
- : .35 Inches X 5.08 Inches X 7.79 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Annette Von Droste-Hulshoff; Lionel Thomas (Translator); Doris Thomas (Translator)
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 833.7
- : 112