Books: A nightmare disguised as a comic opera

From: The Independent on Sunday | Date: September 11, 2005| Author: Matthew J Reisz | Copyright information

The Story of a Life

By Aharon Appelfeld

HAMISH HAMILTON pounds 14.99

pounds 13.99 (P&P FREE) 08700 798 897

Badenheim 1939

By Aharon Appelfeld, trs Dalya Bilu

PENGUIN pounds 7.99

pounds 7.99 (P&P FREE) 08700 798 897

'In the summer of 1937,' writes Israeli novelist Aharon Appelfeld, 'life changed beyond recognition.' He was five years old, living in what is now Moldova. Anti-Semites took over his school and he was soon swept up into...

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