The Kaminsky Cure by Christopher New
Willibald Brinkmann, a Lutheran pastor, has more than a sneaking admiration for Hitler - something his Jewish wife Gabi is unable to share. It's 1933 when the Brownshirts tell Willibald to 'go find another twig to perch on' and he loses no time abandoning his prestigious Berlin parish. Humiliated and resentful, Willibald finds refuge in the tiny village of Heimstatt high in the Austrian Alps, where Gabi's last child - and narrator of the story - is born. Then the Nazis arrive in Austria. Gabi struggles to protect her family against the ever-tightening vice of persecution and the remorseless approach of the Final Solution. Terrifying yet darkly humorous, "The Kaminsky Cure" is the story of Gabi Brinkmann's fight to keep her family alive in a world determined to destroy them.
'A masterly work, one that can stand proudly alongside Gunter Grass's The Tin Drum' Moris Farhi 'A child's-eye view makes delusion and hypocrisy shockingly stark ... well researched and entertaining.' Guardian Praise for Christopher New's novel Shanghai: 'A book of epic proportions.'San Francisco Book Review 'An extravaganza of colourful characters.' Washington Post 'Big, meaty, satisfying and highly readable.' Sunday Telegraph
Christopher New was born in England, educated at Oxford and Princeton Universities and has spent much of his life in Asia, where he was Head of Philosophy at Hong Kong University. His novels include The China Coast Trilogy, Goodbye Chairman Mao, The Road to Maridur and A Small Place in the Desert. He is also the author of The Philosophy of Literature. He divides his time between Europe and Asia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780863565311 |
| ISBN 10 | 086356531X |
| Title | The Kaminsky Cure |
| Author | Christopher New |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Saqi Books |
| Year published | 2005-03-04 |
| Number of pages | 318 |
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