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The Kommandant's Mistress

Alexandria Constantinova Szeman

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Description:The rumors spread by the Camp's inmates, other Nazi officers, and the Kommandant's own family insist that she was his "mistress", but was she, voluntarily? Told from three different perspectives ⎯ that of the formerly idealistic Kommandant, the young Jewish inmate who captivates him, and the ostensibly objective historical biographies of the protagonists — this novel examines one troubling moral question over and over: if your staying alive was the only "good" during the War, if your survival was your sole purpose in this horrific world of the Concentration Camps ⎯ whether you were Nazi or Jewish ⎯ what, exactly, would you do to survive? Would you lie, cheat, steal, kill, submit? Flashing back and forth through the narrators' memories as they recall their time before, during, and after the War, and leading, inevitably, to their ultimate, shocking confrontation, "Szeman's uncompromising realism and superb use of stream-of-consciousness technique make [this novel] a chilling study of evil, erotic obsession, and the will to survive" (Publishers Weekly). Winner of the University of Rochester's Kafka Prize for "the outstanding book of prose fiction by an American woman" ('94) and chosen as one of the New York Times Book Review's "Top 100 Books of the Year" ('93), the tales told by the Kommandant, his "mistress", and their "biographer" will mesmerize and stun you, leaving you wondering, at the conclusion, which, if any, is telling the complete truth about what happened between them. This Revised & Expanded, 20th Anniversary Edition contains new material, including the author's original "story" and "poem" which formed the inspiration for the book, a Chapter-by-Chapter Scene Index, as well as Discussion Questions for teachers, students, and book groups.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Kommandant's Mistress. To get started finding The Kommandant's Mistress, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 374

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: RockWay Press

Release: 2013

ISBN: 0976819651

Description: The rumors spread by the Camp's inmates, other Nazi officers, and the Kommandant's own family insist that she was his "mistress", but was she, voluntarily? Told from three different perspectives ⎯ that of the formerly idealistic Kommandant, the young Jewish inmate who captivates him, and the ostensibly objective historical biographies of the protagonists — this novel examines one troubling moral question over and over: if your staying alive was the only "good" during the War, if your survival was your sole purpose in this horrific world of the Concentration Camps ⎯ whether you were Nazi or Jewish ⎯ what, exactly, would you do to survive? Would you lie, cheat, steal, kill, submit? Flashing back and forth through the narrators' memories as they recall their time before, during, and after the War, and leading, inevitably, to their ultimate, shocking confrontation, "Szeman's uncompromising realism and superb use of stream-of-consciousness technique make [this novel] a chilling study of evil, erotic obsession, and the will to survive" (Publishers Weekly). Winner of the University of Rochester's Kafka Prize for "the outstanding book of prose fiction by an American woman" ('94) and chosen as one of the New York Times Book Review's "Top 100 Books of the Year" ('93), the tales told by the Kommandant, his "mistress", and their "biographer" will mesmerize and stun you, leaving you wondering, at the conclusion, which, if any, is telling the complete truth about what happened between them. This Revised & Expanded, 20th Anniversary Edition contains new material, including the author's original "story" and "poem" which formed the inspiration for the book, a Chapter-by-Chapter Scene Index, as well as Discussion Questions for teachers, students, and book groups.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Kommandant's Mistress. To get started finding The Kommandant's Mistress, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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