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Close to Jedenew

3.6/5 ( ratings)

On this evening, on the last evening, it is Antonina who says softly: They’re coming.

This striking novella makes harrowing poetry of an actual historic incident: Terrified and hiding in the woods as if in a German fairy tale gone horribly awry, a group of children tell the tale of a small Polish village run amok. With no provocation from the still-distant Nazis, the farmers of tiny Jedenew unite to launch a murderous rampage against the local Jews who have long been their friends and neighbors, even their benefactors.

In the hands of young German sensation Kevin Vennemann, Close to Jedenew is a lyrical, stylish, and penetrating plunge into fatal mysteries. How can we explain such madness? Venneman’s deft and innovative prose, even his gripping and mysterious narrator, speaks timelessly to, and of, us all.

Language: English

Pages: 200

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Melville House

Release: June 03, 2008

ISBN: 1933633395

ISBN 13: 9781933633398

Close to Jedenew

3.6/5 ( ratings)

On this evening, on the last evening, it is Antonina who says softly: They’re coming.

This striking novella makes harrowing poetry of an actual historic incident: Terrified and hiding in the woods as if in a German fairy tale gone horribly awry, a group of children tell the tale of a small Polish village run amok. With no provocation from the still-distant Nazis, the farmers of tiny Jedenew unite to launch a murderous rampage against the local Jews who have long been their friends and neighbors, even their benefactors.

In the hands of young German sensation Kevin Vennemann, Close to Jedenew is a lyrical, stylish, and penetrating plunge into fatal mysteries. How can we explain such madness? Venneman’s deft and innovative prose, even his gripping and mysterious narrator, speaks timelessly to, and of, us all.

Language: English

Pages: 200

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Melville House

Release: June 03, 2008

ISBN: 1933633395

ISBN 13: 9781933633398

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