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037			_cPurchase _nPrism Books,Kadavanthra
041			_aEnglish
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100			_aRemarque,Erich Maria
245			_aPROMISED LAND
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260			_aLondon _bVintage _c2014/01/01
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500			_aThe final, previously unpublished novel by the author of All Quiet on the Western Front - a dreamlike, powerfully moving account of an emigrant's experience of New York during World War II From the detention centre on Ellis Island, Ludwig Somner looks across a small stretch of water to the glittering towers of New York, which whisper seductively of freedom after so many years of wandering through a perlious, suffering Europe. Remarque's final novel, left unfinished at his death, tells of the precarious life of the refugee – life lived in hotel lobbies, on false passports, the strange, ill-assorted refugee community held together by an unspeakable past. For Somner, each new luxury - ice cream served in drugstores, bright shop windows, art, a new suit, a new romance - has a bittersweet edge. Memories of war and inhumanity continue to resurface even in this peaceful promised land. A haunting snapshot of a unique time, place and predicament, this is another powerful comment from Remarque on the devastating effects of war.
650			_aFiction
650			_aNew York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction.
650			_aWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
650			_aNew York (State) -- New York.
650			_aPolish fiction
700			_aHofmann,Michael (tr.)
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