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Life Goes On Paperback - 2012

by Hans Keilson; Damion Searls (Translator)

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Published when the author was just 23, an autobiographical novel that paints a dark portrait of Germany between the world wars. It tells the story of Max Seldersen--a Jewish textile merchant modeled on Keilson's father--and the troubles he encounter as the German economy collapses and politics turn rancid.

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Published when the author was just twenty-three, Life Goes On was Hans Keilson's literary debut, an extraordinary autobiographical novel that paints a dark yet illuminating portrait of Germany between the world wars. It is the story of Herr Seldersen--a Jewish store owner modeled on Keilson's father, a textile merchant and decorated World War I veteran--along with his wife and son, Albrecht, and the troubles they encounter as the German economy collapses and politics turn rancid.

The book was banned by the Nazis in 1934. Shortly afterward, following his editor's advice, Keilson emigrated to the Netherlands, where he would spend the rest of his life.

Life Goes On is an essential volume for readers of Keilson's later work. At the age of one hundred, with his one copy of the first edition of Life Goes On in hand, Keilson told The New York Times that he would love to see his first novel reissued, and translated as well. "Then you would have my whole biography," he told them. He died at the age of one hundred and one.

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  • Title Life Goes On
  • Author Hans Keilson; Damion Searls (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Melbourne
  • Publication date 2012-10-30
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9780374191955 / 0374191956
  • Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.4 x 8.22 x 0.66 in (18.80 x 20.88 x 1.68 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Germany
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Autobiographical fiction, Germany - History - 1918-1933
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2012012326
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 10/01/2012, Page 39
  • Kirkus Reviews, 09/15/2012, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 05/01/2012, Page 54
  • New York Times Book Review, 01/06/2013, Page 17
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/03/2012, Page 44

About the author

Hans Keilson is the author of Comedy in a Minor Key and The Death of the Adversary. Born in Germany in 1909, he published his first novel in 1933. During World War II he joined the Dutch resistance. Later, as a psychotherapist, he pioneered the treatment of war trauma in children.

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