{"product_id":"kingdom-of-twilight-isbn-9781635060669","title":"Kingdom of Twilight","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"POWERFUL AND ORIGINAL.\" --\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"REWARDING AND WHOLLY ENGAGING.\" \u003ci\u003e--HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND POWERFUL NOVELS OF RECENT GERMAN LITERATURE.\" \u003ci\u003e--DEUTSCHLANDRADIO KULTUR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHypnotically lyrical and intensely moving, Steven Uhly's epic novel set in the wake of World War II is a finely nuanced yet shattering exploration of universal themes: love, hatred, doubt, survival, guilt, humanity, and redemption. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e One night in autumn 1944, a gunshot echoes through the alleyways of a small town in occupied Poland. An SS officer is shot dead by a young Polish Jew, Margarita Ejzenstain. In retaliation, his commander orders the execution of thirty-seven Poles--one for every year of the dead man's life. First hidden by a sympathetic German couple, Margarita must then flee the brutal advance of the Soviet army with her newborn baby.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins a thrilling panorama of intermingled destinies and events that reverberate from that single act of defiance. \u003ci\u003eKingdom of Twilight\u003c\/i\u003e follows the lives of Jewish refugees and a German family resettled from Bukovina, as well as a former SS officer, chronicling the geographical and psychological dislocation generated by war. A quest for identity and truth takes them from refugee camps to Lübeck, Berlin, Tel Aviv, and New York, as they try to make sense of a changed world, and of their place in it.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MacLehose Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44896274055397,"sku":"NP9781635060669","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_64016bb5-63ed-440f-8857-19952cf1321e.jpg?v=1773103202","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/kingdom-of-twilight-isbn-9781635060669","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}