{"product_id":"reunion-introduction-by-ali-smith-hardcover","title":"Reunion: Introduction by Ali Smith - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFred Uhlman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAli Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deceptively simple, emotionally powerful novella about a passionate friendship between two teenage boys that begins in Germany in 1932--under the shadow of Hitler's rise--and reverberates across the decades. A Contemporary Classics hardcover edition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe romantic forested landscape of southwestern Germany in 1932 is the setting for the birth of a friendship that will haunt sixteen-year-old Hans Schwarz for the rest of his life. Hans is Jewish, the son of a middle-class doctor who is confident that the rise of the Nazis is only \"a temporary illness\" afflicting his beloved country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHans's newest classmate, Count Konradin von Hohenfels, is a dazzling young aristocrat whose glamorous mother keeps a portrait of Hitler on her dresser. Hans is immediately drawn to Konradin, and thrilled when a close bond forms between the two boys, forged by common interests that set them apart from their classmates. But their loyalties are soon tested in ways they could not have imagined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree decades later, from the vantage point of New York City, Hans once again confronts this life-shaping episode from his childhood, through a stunning revelation that he stumbles upon by chance. In its story of simple friendship undone by not-so-simple times, \u003ci\u003eReunion\u003c\/i\u003e combines the explosive compression of a fable with the emotional depth of an epic novel many times its length. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFRED UHLMAN was born in Stuttgart in 1901 and, as an anti-Nazi lawyer, was forced to leave in 1933 for England, where he became a well-known painter. He died in 1985. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Introducer: \u003c\/b\u003e ALI SMITH is the author of many works of fiction, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eSummer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpring, Winter, Autumn, Public library and other stories, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow to be both, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, the Goldsmiths Prize, and the Costa Novel of the Year Award. Her work has four times been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Born in Inverness, Scotland, she lives in Cambridge, England.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766153806112,"sku":"9780593535622","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/96c61538aa37420663d1a9d0cc293252.webp?v=1780286759","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/reunion-introduction-by-ali-smith-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}