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A rediscovered classic and international bestseller that recounts the gripping tale of a friendship destroyed at the hands of Nazi Germany In this searing novel, Kathrine Kressmann Taylor brings vividly to life the insidious spread of Nazism through a series of letters between Max, a Jewish art dealer in San Francisco, and Martin, his friend and former business partner who has returned to Germany in 1932, just as Hitler is coming to power.Originally published in Story magazine in 1938, Address Unknown became an international sensation. Credited with exposing the dangers of Nazism to American readers early on, it is also a scathing indictment of fascist movements around the world and a harrowing expos of the power of the pen as a weapon.A powerful and eloquent tale about the consequences of a friendship--and society--poisoned by extremism, Address Unknown remains hauntingly and painfully relevant today.

A rediscovered classic, originally published in 1938--and now an international bestseller with a new Introduction by the author's grandson.When it first appeared in "Story" magazine in 1938, "Address Unknown" became an immediate social phenomenon and literary sensation. Published in book form a year later and banned in Nazi Germany, it garnered high praise in the United States and much of Europe. A series of fictional letters between a Jewish art dealer living in San Francisco and his former business partner, who has returned to Germany, "Address Unknown" is a haunting tale of enormous and enduring impact.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A 1939 PUBLISHING SENSATION Can friendship survive in a divided world? Written on the eve of the Holocaust as a series of letters between a Jew in America and his German friend, Kressmann Taylor's classic novel is a haunting tale of a society poisoned by Nazism. First published in 1938, Address Unknown met with immediate success in English but was banned in Europe by the Nazis. Tragically prescient about what was to come, it was one of the earliest works of fiction to warn against the growing dangers of fascism and antisemitism in Europe. It became an international bestseller and has been translated into more than twenty languages. A novel of enduring impact with a memorable sting in its tail, Address Unknown stands as a powerful reminder of the dangers posed by the rhetoric of intolerance.

“Florence: Ordeal by Water was absolutely indispensable during my research for Still Life. Here, finally, was a vivid eye-witness account of the 1966 flood that devastated Florence. Utterly compelling.” Sarah Winman, international bestselling author of Still Life. This is a vivid eyewitness account of the 1966 flooding of the River Arno in Florence by the American writer and historian Kathrine Kressmann Taylor. Her infinitely moving diary of the days of the flood, and those that followed, detail how the citizens of Florence strove against the choking sea of mud that engulfed their homes, possessions, shops and art. Published in a beautiful gift hardback edition, with an introduction by acclaimed art historian and journalist, Vanessa Nicolson, Florence: Ordeal by Water documents the disaster in vivid and compassionate detail.