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The Resource A Bookshop in Berlin : the rediscovered memoir of one woman's harrowing escape from the Nazis, Franc̦oise Frenkel ; with a preface from Patrick Modiano ; Dossier compiled by Frédéric Maria ; translated by Stephanie Smee

A Bookshop in Berlin : the rediscovered memoir of one woman's harrowing escape from the Nazis, Franc̦oise Frenkel ; with a preface from Patrick Modiano ; Dossier compiled by Frédéric Maria ; translated by Stephanie Smee

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"In 1921, Franc̦oise Frenkel-a Jewish woman from Poland-fulfills a lifelong dream. She opens Berlin's first French-language bookshop, La Maison du Livre, attracting artists, diplomats, celebrities, and poets. The shop soon becomes a haven for intellectual exchange as Nazi ideology begins to poison the culturally rich city. But as the occupation intensifies and politics darken, Frenkel's bookshop is frequently visited by police officers who confiscate her beloved books. Frenkel's dream finally shatters on Kristallnacht-The Night of Broken Glass-as Jewish shops and businesses, including La Maison du Livre, are destroyed. She flees to Paris where she witnesses countless horrors: children torn from their parents, mothers throwing themselves under buses, and worse. Secreted away from one safe house to the next, Frenkel survives at the heroic hands of strangers risking their lives to protect her. Originally published in 1945, and rediscovered nearly sixty years later in an attic, A Bookshop in Berlin is the remarkable tale of one woman whose passion for life and literature helps her survive history's darkest hours"--Provided by publisher
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
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Publication
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Extent
328 pages (large print)
Note
  • Regular print version previously published by: Atria Books
  • Translation of: Rien où poser sa tête
Contents
  • A French bookshop in Berlin
  • Paris
  • Avignon
  • Vichy
  • Nice
  • Somewhere in the mountains
  • Return to Nice
  • Grenoble
  • At the border
  • Annecy
  • Saint-Julien
  • Annecy
  • At the border
  • Heading for Switzerland
Isbn
9781643584904
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A Bookshop in Berlin : the rediscovered memoir of one woman's harrowing escape from the Nazis
Title
A Bookshop in Berlin
Title remainder
the rediscovered memoir of one woman's harrowing escape from the Nazis
Statement of responsibility
Franc̦oise Frenkel ; with a preface from Patrick Modiano ; Dossier compiled by Frédéric Maria ; translated by Stephanie Smee
Creator
Contributor
Author
Compiler
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
Summary
"In 1921, Franc̦oise Frenkel-a Jewish woman from Poland-fulfills a lifelong dream. She opens Berlin's first French-language bookshop, La Maison du Livre, attracting artists, diplomats, celebrities, and poets. The shop soon becomes a haven for intellectual exchange as Nazi ideology begins to poison the culturally rich city. But as the occupation intensifies and politics darken, Frenkel's bookshop is frequently visited by police officers who confiscate her beloved books. Frenkel's dream finally shatters on Kristallnacht-The Night of Broken Glass-as Jewish shops and businesses, including La Maison du Livre, are destroyed. She flees to Paris where she witnesses countless horrors: children torn from their parents, mothers throwing themselves under buses, and worse. Secreted away from one safe house to the next, Frenkel survives at the heroic hands of strangers risking their lives to protect her. Originally published in 1945, and rediscovered nearly sixty years later in an attic, A Bookshop in Berlin is the remarkable tale of one woman whose passion for life and literature helps her survive history's darkest hours"--Provided by publisher
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autobiography
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YDX
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1889-1975
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Frenkel, Françoise
Dewey number
940.531092
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Language note
Translated from the French
LC call number
D811.5
LC item number
.F7313 2020b
Literary form
non fiction
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Maria, Frédéric
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  • Frenkel, Françoise
  • Jewish women
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Berlin (Germany)
Label
A Bookshop in Berlin : the rediscovered memoir of one woman's harrowing escape from the Nazis, Franc̦oise Frenkel ; with a preface from Patrick Modiano ; Dossier compiled by Frédéric Maria ; translated by Stephanie Smee
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Regular print version previously published by: Atria Books
  • Translation of: Rien où poser sa tête
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
A French bookshop in Berlin -- Paris -- Avignon -- Vichy -- Nice -- Somewhere in the mountains -- Return to Nice -- Grenoble -- At the border -- Annecy -- Saint-Julien -- Annecy -- At the border -- Heading for Switzerland
Dimensions
23 cm
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Extent
328 pages (large print)
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9781643584904
Lccn
2019951751
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • on1128200892
  • (OCoLC)1128200892
Label
A Bookshop in Berlin : the rediscovered memoir of one woman's harrowing escape from the Nazis, Franc̦oise Frenkel ; with a preface from Patrick Modiano ; Dossier compiled by Frédéric Maria ; translated by Stephanie Smee
Publication
Note
  • Regular print version previously published by: Atria Books
  • Translation of: Rien où poser sa tête
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
A French bookshop in Berlin -- Paris -- Avignon -- Vichy -- Nice -- Somewhere in the mountains -- Return to Nice -- Grenoble -- At the border -- Annecy -- Saint-Julien -- Annecy -- At the border -- Heading for Switzerland
Dimensions
23 cm
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Extent
328 pages (large print)
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9781643584904
Lccn
2019951751
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • on1128200892
  • (OCoLC)1128200892

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