The book is an original work and the first to deal with the historic controversy werfels masterpiece stirred since its publication in the united states in 1934. The son of a glove manufacturer, werfel left home to work in a hamburg shipping house. Franz werfel project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. How did he weave together fiction and historical reality in the novel.
The son of a prosperous prague manufacturer, werfel was a friend of max brod and franz kafka. The forty days of musa dagh download ebook pdf, epub. Franz werfel, the forty days of musa dagh, translated by geoffrey dunlop and james reidel, with a preface by vartan gregorian boston. The author, franz werfel, was a german jew and understood that hitler was already taking steps to follow the turkish example, and many of the methods used against the armenians were exactly the same as those taken by the nazis shortly after the novel was published. What are the different ways that the novel has been read from the points of view of armenians, jews, turks, and germans. The forty days of musa dagh 2002 the forty days of musa dagh 2002 about book. In the 1930s, however, the humanist, antigenocide stance he expressed in works such as the forty days of musa dagh, as well as his jewish heritage, attracted the censure of the nazis. The forty days of musa dagh franz werfel compra livros. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Free shipping get free shipping free 58 day shipping within the u. Franz werfel10 september 1890 26 august 1945 franz viktor werfel was an austrianbohemian novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned world war i, the interwar period, and world war ii. The forty days of musa dagh by franz werfel, first edition.
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