Border by Elaine Feinstein (45 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD. Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st US Printing. Light wear DJ edges.

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Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This a story about decisions, and the difficulty making them, as Hitler's power spreads across Europe. It is told through linked diaries, letters, interviews and poems, which portrary the three main characters as they pursue their own love story to its end. Across their obsessions, the figure of Walter Benjamin, first in Paris, then at the Spanish border, adds a poignant dimension to their hopes and fears. British novelist/poet Feinstein, who tackled some curious aspects of Jewish identity in The Shadow Master (1979), now fashions a slight narrative collage to explore a knotty tangle of conflicts - ethnic, political, sexual - in the late-1930s marriage of two assimilated Austrian Jews. The first part of the story emerges from the 1938 Vienna diary of poet/professor Hans Wendler: he grumbles about the lack of romance in his marriage to physicist Inge, blaming it largely on her devotion to her career; he frets over his increasing nervousness in lecturing, which parallels the increasing drift of Vienna towards Nazification; and he glories in his new affair with adoring young Hilde, a shadowy Communist agent who suddenly departs for France. Then, six months later, Inge's diary continues the tale: she and Hans have fled from Vienna to Paris, where he resumes the Hilde affair - despite Inge's knowledge and anguish; she broods guiltily over having sent their young son to live with American relatives ("Why did I deny Hans the decent ordinary home he demanded for his son?"); but she and Hans do come closer together - after their path crosses that of fellow-refugee Walter Benjamin, with his philosophic blend of Marxism and Jewish mysticism. ("It is almost as if, a book-list, and a few holy names, and sacred texts, have led him to forgive me for my Jewish grandparents.") And finally, in 1983 Australia, the very old Inge tells her visiting grandson the last chapter of the story: the refugees' flight from Paris to the France/Spain border; the reported suicide of Walter Benjamin; and Hans' own, perhaps similar death - a fate preferable, it seems, to that of the permanent refugee. (The epilogue is a final Hans Wendler poem: "I am not prepared for white soot, cold ash,/or the red sands of Australia. Forget me,/Dido: The cruel cannot be blessed.") Fragmented and unsatisfying, with a dense cross-hatching of blurry events and implicit issues - but mildly intriguing reading for those especially interested in Walter Benjamin, German-Jewish identity, or the traumas of refugeedom. (Kirkus Reviews) Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, First printing. Minor shelf wear to binding. Tanning on pastedowns & endpapers. Text is unmarked. Dj shelf worn, toned & sunned with small scratches & small abrasions in a mylar cover.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine- dust jacket. First Edition. hardcover small octavo, 113pp.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Condition: NEAR FINE. First US printing. A gripping novel written in diary form set in France and Austria in the dark years of the 1930's. 113 pp with 4 pages of "Hans Wendler's Poems in Exile." Fine in near fine dust jacket.(edgewear to top of dj.).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 122 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine-. First U.S. Ed. So Stated, # String. 113pp. Dust jacket not price-clipped. Photos sent on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: New.

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Paperback. Condition: Used; Very Good. ***Simply Brit*** Welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. All orders are shipped within 24 hours and our lightning fast-delivery within 48 hours coupled with our prompt customer service ensures a smooth journey from ordering to delivery. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality.…

Hardcover & Dust Jacket. Condition: Good +. 112 pp. Slight creases and slight tears to edge of dj. Novel of relationship of two Jewish communist intellectuals fleeing the Nazis and their struggles and attempt to cross over into Spain. I have had no direct experience of the European horrors of the last century [because] my family came from Russia too early to experience any of the trauma that I talk about in my novels. But that is only a part of it. The Jewish history is a complicated one and it feeds into my life quite deeply. I think that there is no question but that in a sense all those stories are all our stories. We are all survivors of that disaster and everything we think is, in a way, shaped by the knowledge of what would have happened, might have happened to us if we had continued to live in Europe.…

Condition: New. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 144. . 2000. Reprint. paperback. . . . .

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung. Linked diaries, letters, interviews, and poems chronicle the flight of Hans and Inge Wendler, intellectual German refugees fleeing the grasp of Hitler across a Europe veering into chaos.

Condition: New.