Konin ; A Quest

Jonathan Cape, London, 1995. Second Impression. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. XVIII, 524 pages, last four pages blank, includes glossary, notes, index. Illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photography, end page maps, photographic illustrated dust jacket. The front edge of the text block is grubby. Below this a relatively good condition book. In 1987, the author, an English born Jew, decided to take a six-month sabbatical to write a book. It took in seven years. His search was from a lost community, one that had vanished along with members of his family when the German army swept into Poland in 1939. -- drawing on archives as well as of testimony, interweaving past and present, Konin is at once a recreation in minute detail of a world that is called for ever, and immensely moving story of lives caught up in the sweep of history, and the tale of one man's consuming obsession. -- front fold over blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; History -- Europe; Judaica; ISBN: 0224038907. ISBN/EAN: 9780224038904. Inventory No: 0219413. . 9780224038904