Kathrine Kressman TAYLOR (1903-1997) was an American, born into a family of German origin. In the 1930s, it is extremely lucid vis-à-vis the rise of Nazism in Germany. She then imagines this epistolary narrative. HISTORY: Two friends art collectors are responsible for a gallery in San Francisco. They are of German origin, who fled Europe after the trauma of the First World War. One of the two, Martin sets off for home, the other, Max, is in San Francisco. This is the starting point of their letters. Martin opened a gallery Munich. After the finding of poverty and extreme humility which saw the German population, it is quickly fascinated by the character of Adolf Hitler, who just appeared on the political scene. It becomes part of the Nazi party. Max distance, ask for explanations to Martin: he does not understand how her friend can go astray with people who despise modernism and humanist culture, people who are trying to organize the elimination of Jews.
Not more than thirty letters about sixty pages, but writing Kressman Taylor is awfully good. The disarray of Max and the cold harshness of Martin require no overflow. In the most tense moment of the plot, cablegram lieu of a letter. More space for prints, the nuances, the cordial exchange between two grown men: let us return to poetry rough trade ... except that it is not very clean, a senior Nazi art trade by degenerate with an American Jew.
Correspondence stops in March 1934. The worst is yet to come, but Reichstag fire has already taken place and night of long knives happens. The last letter to his partner Max Eisenstein Martin Schulse eventually return to him : Address Unknown .
A great little book.
91 pages with the very interesting issue, al. Livre de Poche Jeunesse - 4.90 €
This book is part of the Fortnight correspondence
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