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House of Exile is a collective portrait, which uses historical, essayistic and emblematic means to recover, from written remains, the courage and defiance of a group shattered by the forces of history, and driven towards isolation and death.
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House of Exile
The Life and Times of Heinrich Mann and Nelly Kroeger-Mann
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392 pages
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25 September 2008
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Summary
In 1933 the prominent author and political activist Heinrich Mann and his partner Nelly Kroeger were forced to flee Nazi Germany, finding refuge first in France and later, in great despair, in Los Angeles, where Nelly committed suicide in 1944 and Heinrich died in 1950. Using extensive archival research, interviews with descendants, and published sources, Juers portrays their world in exile, focussing on Heinrich and Nelly and their circle, Heinrich’s younger brother Thomas Mann, their mot…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781920882440 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1920882448 |
| Author: | Evelyn Juers |
| Publisher: | Giramondo Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Giramondo Publishing Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 392 |
| Release Date: | 25 September 2008 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 156mm x 236mm |
A-Format111 × 178 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
156 × 236 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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