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Evelyn Grills «The Antwerp Testament»: Translated and with an Afterword by Jean M. Snook

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By (author): Jean M. Snook

The Antwerp Testament is Evelyn Grills longest book to date and her most complex. It shows those who were damaged and dislocated by World War II rebuilding their lives on two continents. The male protagonist, Ulrich, a German who was seriously wounded in the war, has the misfortune of marrying into a British family that practices psychological warfare. But the sinister plots devised by humans pale in comparison to the bitter blows dealt by fate. Rife with irony, replete with doubling, this cleverly constructed novel will occupy your thoughts for a long time after you have finished reading it. Despite dire events, the novel is not devoid of humor. Grill has fun with it, right down to the leitmotivs: white lilies and yellow roses. The theme of correspondence runs through the novel. It is the topic of Ulrichs lengthy doctoral dissertation, and the means through which he keeps in touch with friends and relatives who fled Nazi Germany and settled in Toronto and New York, the means through which their stories continue. By coincidence, and correspondence, the translator knew and remained in contact with the main character for 34 years. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 450g
  • Dimensions: 150 x 225mm
  • Publication Date: 02 Mar 2017
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781433136986

About Jean M. Snook

Jean M. Snook is Professor of German at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her translation of Gert Jonkes The Distant Sound won the 2009 inaugural Austrian Cultural Forum Translation Prize as well as the 2011 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translators Prize.

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