The Death of the Adversary

by Hans Keilson

Genres: Jewish Fiction; Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Written while Hans Keilson was in hiding during World War II, The Death of the Adversary is the self-portrait of a young man helplessly fascinated by an unnamed "adversary" whom he watches rise to power in 1930s Germany.

It is a tale of horror, not only in its evocation of Hitler's gathering menace but also in its hero's desperate attempt to discover logic where none exists. A psychological fable as wry and haunting as Badenheim 1939, The Death of the Adversary is a lost classic of modern fiction.

A Macmillan Audio production.

Release date: July 20, 2010

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Print pages: 208