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Dr. B.

A Novel
BuchGebunden
288 Seiten
Englisch
HarperCollins USerschienen am24.05.2022
This fascinating work of fiction is based on the true story of the author's grandfather, Immanuel Birnbaum, the protagonist of the novel. Raised in a Jewish family, Immanuel was the son of a very well-known Jewish composer and cantor in the Konigsberg synagogue. Based in Warsaw during the 1930's, he was a journalist and wrote for some of the most important German language newspapers. After 1933 he was no longer allowed to contribute to German newspapers and in 1939, just months before the war broke out, he escaped to Sweden with his wife and two sons.The novel opens with Immanuel living as a refugee in Stockholm with his family. He continues to contribute articles to a liberal Swiss newspaper in Basel under the name Dr. B. and also begins to work as an editor for the legendary German publisher, S. Fischer Verlag. Gottfried Bermann Fischer established a Fischer office in exile, in Stockholm, to evade German censorship during the war, and published there some of the most celebrated writers in the German language: Thomas Mann, Stefan Zweig, among others. S. Fischer Verlag's books were then distributed in Germany by a sympathetic Dutch publisher.Immanuel Birnbaum also becomes involved, unwittingly, with British intelligence, a group of Englishmen who produce and distribute anti-Nazi propaganda in Stockholm. On orders from Winston Churchill, the group is soon planning to sabotage Sweden's transport of iron ore to Germany. They plot to blow up the Swedish trading port of Oxelösund and force neutral Sweden into the war. However, the Swedish postal service picks up a letter written in invisible ink, and the plotters are exposed. This letter, often mentioned in military history as a mysterious element in the story, was in fact written by Dr. B. But why on earth would he have wanted to tip off the Germans...mehr
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KlappentextThis fascinating work of fiction is based on the true story of the author's grandfather, Immanuel Birnbaum, the protagonist of the novel. Raised in a Jewish family, Immanuel was the son of a very well-known Jewish composer and cantor in the Konigsberg synagogue. Based in Warsaw during the 1930's, he was a journalist and wrote for some of the most important German language newspapers. After 1933 he was no longer allowed to contribute to German newspapers and in 1939, just months before the war broke out, he escaped to Sweden with his wife and two sons.The novel opens with Immanuel living as a refugee in Stockholm with his family. He continues to contribute articles to a liberal Swiss newspaper in Basel under the name Dr. B. and also begins to work as an editor for the legendary German publisher, S. Fischer Verlag. Gottfried Bermann Fischer established a Fischer office in exile, in Stockholm, to evade German censorship during the war, and published there some of the most celebrated writers in the German language: Thomas Mann, Stefan Zweig, among others. S. Fischer Verlag's books were then distributed in Germany by a sympathetic Dutch publisher.Immanuel Birnbaum also becomes involved, unwittingly, with British intelligence, a group of Englishmen who produce and distribute anti-Nazi propaganda in Stockholm. On orders from Winston Churchill, the group is soon planning to sabotage Sweden's transport of iron ore to Germany. They plot to blow up the Swedish trading port of Oxelösund and force neutral Sweden into the war. However, the Swedish postal service picks up a letter written in invisible ink, and the plotters are exposed. This letter, often mentioned in military history as a mysterious element in the story, was in fact written by Dr. B. But why on earth would he have wanted to tip off the Germans...
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-06-293981-4
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2022
Erscheinungsdatum24.05.2022
Erstverkaufstag24.05.2022
Seiten288 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht365 g
Artikel-Nr.58494389
Rubriken
GenreRomane Hardcover

Inhalt/Kritik

Kritik
"Illuminating. . . . Birnbaum skillfully delineates the social and political tensions shaping a culture caught between the national interests of Germany and Russia, and he poignantly conveys the plight of individuals for whom each day is a potential tragedy waiting to happen. This auspicious debut makes for an appealing drama." - Publishers Weekly

"The author is a descendant of the historical Dr. B., and the novel follows the facts of his life and incorporates historical characters into a very accomplished and appealing portrait of Stockholm. . . . A moving evocation of a life beset by conflicts in a troubled time." - Kirkus Reviews

"This complexly plotted, fact-based tale filled with shadowy characters and unlikely coincidences is an altogether engaging piece of literary historical fiction." - Library Journal


"[Birnbaum's] atmospheric novel mixes fact and fiction to tell a tense tale of spies and refugees. . . . This vivid portrait of wartime in neutral Stockholm, known as the Nordic Casablanca, depicts a lively city filled with spies, intellectuals and refugees. Its glamour is tarnished, however, by the growing anti-Semitism that thrived in what was called a 'neutral' country." - Washington Postmehr

Autor

Philosopher and art critic Daniel Birnbaum is one of the world's most prominent art curators. He is the former director of the Moderna Museet (Museum of Modern Art) in Stockholm and has managed museums and art schools in Germany and Italy, and curated the Venice Biennale. He is currently the artistic director of Acute Art, an avant-garde studio based in London, and a contributing editor at Artforum. Dr. B. is his first novel. He lives in London.