Jacob the Liar

Name: Jacob the Liar
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ISBN: 9781611457865

ISBN-10: 1611457866

ISBN-13: 9781611457865

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jurek Becker, Leila Vennewitz, Louis Begley

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Back in print, here is the classic work from one of the giants of German postwar literature and the basis for the major motion picture Jakob the Liar, starring Robin Williams.In the ghetto, possession of a radio is punishable by death. Like thousands of his fellow prisoners, Jacob Heym is cut off from all news of the war—until he is arrested one evening and brought to the German military office, where he overhears a report of the Red Army’s advance to a city some 300 miles away. Miraculously, he is allowed to return to his quarters, but when he tries to spread the good news, the only way to make people believe him is to tell a lie: “How do I know? I have a radio.” One lie leads to another,…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/4/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Louis Begley previous novels are Wartime Lies, The Man Who Was late, As max Saw It, About Schmidt, and Mistler's Exit. He lives in New York City.