About this title: This haunting novel begins as a group of Jewish vacationers arrive in Badenheim, a resort town near Vienna. Expecting their usual pleasant summer interlude despite the rumors of approaching war, they cling with desperation to normality, even as the Nazis close in and, finally, turn the resort into a prison. Aharon Appelfeld's first novel is the ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Date Published: Mar 1999
ISBN-13:9780879237998ISBN:0879237996
Description: Good. Very fast shipping from friendly & experienced UK bookseller. £0.25 donated to charity. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. 14 day unconditional money back guarantee. light. pp. 160. 18.5 x 11.9 x 0.8 cm. read more
Binding: Perfect Bound Paper
Publisher: Pocket Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780671435929ISBN:0671435922
Description: Very Good + to Near Fine. Mass Market Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Light wear, some age yellowing. Binding tight, pages clean. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Date Published: 2001-11
ISBN-13:9780815629351ISBN:0815629354
Description: Good. Minimal damage to the cover, dust jacket not necessarily included minimal wear to binding, majority of pages undamaged, minimal to no highlighting/underlining of text, no missing p. read more
Description: Fair. Ready to read. Book has moderate wear with some use to cover and binding. No missing pages but may have some markings. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN-13:9780879233426ISBN:0879233427
Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
Description: Good. Normal wear-cover slightly worn, sticker on binder, library card and stickers on first page, stamp on page edges 100% Money Back Guarantee. read more
Description: Very Good. 2001 Paperback. Orders usually ship on or before next business day. May have highlighting. We send best copy available. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 1981. Paperback. First Edition Ed. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. Includes dust jacket. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pocket
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780671435929ISBN:0671435922
Description: Good. Illustrated cover. MInimal wear. Clean pages, tight spine. May have some shelf wear. No orders from customers outside of the United States please. read more
"A book/play about a Jewish resort town outside of Vienna in 1939. Although this piece of historical fiction became more interesting as I read, I had a difficult time getting though this short book. If you are into historical fiction particularly that of WWII this would be a good read, but it wasn't my cup of tea."
"Set in a German spa during the time of the expanding Sanitation Department of the resort town calls on the vacationing Jew to register... The prose is simple, detached, ironic; the hotel band plays, lovers stroll green parks, the Final Solution at first seems nothing more threatening than a slightly offbeat postcard or street sign."
"I so wanted to like this book. It's hard to know if its failure lies partly in the translation or if the work itself just lacks. The flow of the story felt choppy, the language sometimes repetitive. For a Holocaust story it entirely lacked emotion. At times I found it confusing, especially with the characters. There were so many 2-dimensional characters that I just didn't feel like I got to know any of them at all, which lead me to sometimes forget who was who - and even worse, I formed no emotional attachment to any of them and therefore was not moved by their imminent extermination. The story follows the mountain vacation town of Badenheim from Spring to Autum 1939. The story progresses from their leisurely vacation in the beginning, to their mandatory registration with the Sanitation Dept, to their ghettoization in the summer, to their forced removal to Poland in the Fall. However, most characters are complacent to emigrate to Poland, except for the few Jews that are Austrian born and don't understand why they, too, have to leave. This creates resentment with the Ostjuden, which I presume are non-Austrian Jews?? or non-modern Jews? To sound cliched, they are like sheeps to the slaughter happily going to the train station, thinking that there is some reward for them in Poland. Even when the trains arrive, which turn out to be cargo trains and not passenger cabins, Dr. Pappenhaim comments that it must be a short journey if they are permitted to travel in such a filthy way. The story felt entirely undeveloped to me. Almost like an outline that was never filled in. There were details where none were necessary, and a total lack of detail and emotion everywhere else. Such a disappointment."
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