Daniel Stein, Interpreter: A Novel in Documents by Lyudmila Ulitskaya

Daniel Stein, Interpreter: A Novel in Documents

Lyudmila Ulitskaya with Arch Tait (Translator)

408 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction historical challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Description

This innovative novel tells the story of Daniel Stein, a Polish Jew who narrowly survives the Holocaust by working for the Gestapo as an interpreter. After the war, he converts to Catholicism, becomes a priest, and finally emigrates to Israel. Des...

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