Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan

Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan

Barbara Honigmann's Eine Liebe aus nichts tells the story of a young expatriate's journey back to Weimar to attend her father's funeral. As the narrator remembers her father's life, she explores her own past and relates her struggle to establish new roots following her emigration from Berlin to Paris. In its portrayal of a young woman's complex relationship with her father, the novella offers a rich account of German-Jewish history and of the search for identity in the shadow of World War I.

This reader is designed for intermediate and advanced German classes. In addition to English glosses of challenging words, annotations are presented alongside the original German text and provide information about cultural and literary contexts. This edition also offers

• study lists for active vocabulary;
• language in context exercises;
• activities for close reading, creative writing, and literary analysis;
• discussion questions and suggestions for dialogues.

A final section with secondary texts related to the novel and a brief biography of the author give students additional tools to engage with Eine Liebe aus nichts and to explore its deeper meaning.

Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina. He taught himself to read when he was four with the incidental aid of a twelve-years-older brother, and was tackling Mark Twain and Jules Verne by five. He is a graduate of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics. He served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army; among his decorations are the Distinguished Flying Cross with bronze oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star with V and bronze oak leaf cluster, and two Vietnamese Gallantry Crosses with palm. A history buff, he has also written dance and theater criticism and enjoyed the outdoor sports of hunting, fishing, and sailing, and the indoor sports of poker, chess, pool, and pipe collecting.Robert Jordan began writing in 1977 and went on to write The Wheel of Time(R), one of the most important and best selling series in the history of fantasy publishing with over 14 million copies sold in North America, and countless more sold abroad.Robert Jordan died on September 16, 2007, after a courageous battle with the rare blood disease amyloidosis.

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ISBN 13	9780312873073
ISBN 10	0312873077
Title	Knife of Dreams
Author	Robert Jordan
Series	Wheel Of Time
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	St Martin's Press
Year published	2005-10-11
Number of pages	752
Prizes	Short-listed for Colorado Blue Spruce Award 2008
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