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Jurek Becker vermutlich 30 September 1937 in d Polen als Jerzy Bekker geboren 1 14 M rz 1997 in Sieseby Schleswig Holstein war ein deutscher Schriftsteller Drehbuchautor und DDR Dissident. The wallops preschool Jurek Becker probably September 30 1937 March 14 1997 was a Polish born German writer film author and GDR dissident His most famous novel is Jacob the Liar which has been made into two films He lived in d during World War II for about two years and survived the Holocaust. The wall marlen epub Jurek Becker was one of the giants of postwar German literature The novel for which he is best known Jacob the Liar won wide acclaim was awarded the Heinrich Mann and Charles Veillon Prizes and was made into two movies It has been called a novel about the martyrdom of Europe s Jews that has never been surpassed Times Literary Supplement The Wall is a new brief collection of stories by Becker that have either never been translated into English or been published here in book form before The title story The Wall recounts two boys risky adventure when they scale the wall of a transit camp to visit the ghetto their families have recently vacated In The Most Popular Family Story a favorite anecdote recounted year after year at the gatherings of an extended Jewish family subtly marks the absences left by the Holocaust Also included are two stories of Communist East Germany and the wall that divided Berlin The Suspect and Romeo as well as a short essay on the Lodz ghetto The Invisible City Christine Becker has provided an introduction to the collection Skyhorse Publishing as well as our Arcade Yucca and Good Books imprints are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction novels novellas political and medical thrillers comedy satire historical fiction romance erotic and love stories mystery classic literature folklore and mythology literary classics including Shakespeare Dumas Wilde Cather and much While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home The Wall And Other Stories4. The wall speaks kindle 5 Well crafted short stories about life in the Jewish ghettos of Nazi occupied Poland and post war East Germany Hardcover Reviewed by Gary Katz for the Jeiwsh Book Council Hardcover The newly published short story collection The Wall by Jurek Becker may be short but it is a fascinating glimpse into the history of Germany The collection consists of five stories the longest of which is fifty pages and one essay It begins with the namesake story a tale of three boys growing up in a Jewish ghetto From there Becker takes the reader on a journey through Germany s troubled history He ends the collection with an essay entitled Invisible City which recalls Becker s own experience in a Jewish Ghetto. Alone on the wall kindle Four of Becker s stories are told in the first person two from the perspective of children Becker does a good job of showing each of his characters as reactionary It seems like especially in the case of The Suspect and The Most Popular Family Story the protagonists exist as a result of their environments The plot is often driven as a result of an action from an authority figure whether it be an officer guarding a Jewish Ghetto in Poland or the unseen surveillance organization that forces The Suspect to disappear Becker paints vivid pictures of the confusion of his characters and in doing so reveals them for who they really are It takes skill to characterize in a short story but Becker does it with enormous care. The wallpaper people As a student of German history I enjoy reading any post war novels or stories and I am especially interested in any story about the Cold War Becker includes one story from each major cultural upheaval since he was born in 1920 The Depression WWII the GDR and the Berlin Wall and weaves together fiction with undeniable fact I found The Suspect to be the most provocative story especially given the current political climate but I must say that The Tale of the Sick Princess was my favorite I read Jacob the Liar several years ago and after reading these stories I am going to pick up The Boxer as well Great writing style great storyteller Highly recommended Book Review by Lauren Rogers Press Officer at the German Embassy Washington Hardcover Mostly dull but I liked The Most Popular Family Story on the sorrow of indignities and The Invisible City on the author s frustration that he has no memories of his infancy in the Lodz Ghetto Hardcover