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The Retreat
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Aharon Appelfeld, Aron Appelfeld, Dallya Bilu (Translator)
A perennial theme in Aharon Appelfeld's novels is the misguided attempt of Jews to discard their "Jewishness" so they can pass for gentile. In THE RETREAT, the setting is a rundown hotel of that name near Vienna, which has been founded by a man who helps people do just that, teaching them new ways of talking and acting. But it is 1937, and as the ...
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