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THE KARNAU TAPES
by Beyer, Marcel
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 015100255X
- ISBN 13
- 9780151002559
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About This Item
San Diego, CA, U.S.A.: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In the final days of the Third Reich, Hermann Karnau, a sound engineer, is obsessively compiling an archive of every conceivable nuance of human sound. Karnau's assignments take him to Nazi party rallies, where he records the rantings of leaders, the roar of approving crowds, the labored breathing of the crippled, the rasp of throats constricted with fear; to Alsace, where he plays his part in silencing any sound that is not German; to the Eastern Front, where he records the screams and death rattles of fallen soldiers. His work so impresses Hitler's chief propagandist that he entrusts his children to Karnau's care, and Helga, the oldest daughter, who is wise beyond her years, forms a warm bond of friendship with the engineer. Marcel Beyer received Germany's Ernst Willner Prize for THE KARNAU TAPES, a "virtuoso novel that ranks among the most vivid and unsettling responses to Germany's Nazi past." New, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L39
Synopsis
A powerful and disturbing novel of the Nazi era and its legacy by the winner of Germany’s Ernst Willner Prize. During the final days of the Reich, sound engineer Herman Karnau is brought to Hitler’s bunker to record the Fuhrer’s last utterances. There he finds young Helga Goebbels and her siblings, children of Hitler’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, awaiting a terrible fate. Translated by John Brownjohn.
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3572
- Title
- THE KARNAU TAPES
- Author
- Beyer, Marcel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 015100255X
- ISBN 13
- 9780151002559
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FICTION HISTORICAL
- Product_type
- 2
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