Pale Blue Ink in a Lady's Hand

by Franz Werfel, James Reidel (Translator)

Overview

The evasions and self-deceptions of Franz Werfel's characters, the various Austrian types both Jewish and non-Jewish, and the pervading air of anti-Semitism perfectly capture Austria between the two world wars in its poignant final days of toleration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781567924084
Publisher:	David R. Godine, Publisher
Publication date:	01/31/2012
Series:	Verba Mundi Series
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Franz Werfel was one of Austria’s most renowned writers at the end of the 1920s. In the 1930s, however, the humanist, anti-genocide 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. His books were among the many that were burned amidst accusations of conspiracy and decadence. In 1940, Werfel fled to the United States via France and Spain and settled in Los Angeles.