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The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman
In the Nazi-occupied Warsaw of 1943, Irma Seidenman, a young Jewish widow, possesses two attributes that can spell the difference between life and death: she has blue eyes and blond hair. With these, and a set of false papers, she has slipped out of the ghetto, passing as the wife of a Polish officer, until one day an informer spots her on the street and drags her off to the Gestapo. At times a dark lament, at others a sly and sardonic thriller, The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman is the story of the thirty-six hours that follow Irma's arrest and the events that lead to her dramatic rescue as the last of Warsaw's Jews are about to meet their deaths in the burning ghetto.
Book Details
- Publisher: Grove Press
- Publish Date: Mar 21st, 1997
- Pages: 208
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.24in - 5.49in - 0.67in - 0.52lb
- EAN: 9780802135025
- Categories: • Literary• Historical - 20th Century - World War II & Holocaust• Jewish
About the Author
ANDRZEJ SZCZYPIORSKI was born in 1928 in Warsaw, where he died in 2000. He was introduced to the English-speaking world with The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman.
Praise for this book
Praise for The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman:
"Dense, lyrical, and deeply unsettling."-Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
"There are accidental heroes and inadvertent villains, surprising and unexpected switches that lend the book its extraordinary originality."--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Stunning . . . The characters are so fully fleshed that they seem to step off the page."--NPR
"Brilliantly choreographed . . . blunt and hauntingly moving."--Newsweek
"Complex and convincing."--Philadelphia Inquirer
"A fine balance between poetic tenderness and an unflinching account of the brutal realities of the day."--Guardian
"An exceptional storyteller, Szczypiorski passionately recreates the tumultuous war years for us . . . A rare find." --Publishers Weekly
"An unforgettable group portrait."--Kirkus Reviews