{"product_id":"the-lesser-evil-9781474623193","title":"The Lesser Evil","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe superb, bestselling diaries of Victor Klemperer, a Jew in Dresden who survived the war - hailed as one of the 20th century's most important chronicles.\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eCompulsive reading' \u003c\/b\u003eLITERARY REVIEW \u003cb\u003e'Deeply engrossing' \u003c\/b\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKlemperer's diary deserves to rank alongside that of Anne Frank * SUNDAY TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eThese diaries constitute one of the most vital historical and human documents of their age. Packed with vivid observation, profound reflection ... they find hope, dignity and even tart humour in the jaws of hell * INDEPENDENT *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the greatest diarists - perhaps the greatest - in the German language * NEW YORK TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eCompulsive reading ... Klemperer's diary also offers a superb window on life in Soviet-occupied Germany in 1945-9 and the early years of the German Democratic Republic * LITERARY REVIEW *\u003cbr\u003eKlemperer's acute eye for the corruption of his contemporaries and his sharp ear for the corruption of language make these diaries an inexhaustible mine of information and insight for anybody interested in the German catastrophe ... In the hands of a master, the ephemeral is perennial * DAILY TELEGRAPH *\u003cbr\u003eThe diary juxtaposes the profound and the mundane, rather like life itself. That is what makes it such a vivid and powerful account of a remarkable life * SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY *\u003cbr\u003eDeeply engrossing ... he has the supreme gifts of honesty and scepticism ... He doesn't exaggerate, he doesn't fantasize ... one of the supreme chroniclers of the 20th century * SPECTATOR *\u003cbr\u003eNo other testimony remotely as truthful exists of the locked-in half of Germany. The voice of Victor Klemperer is simply indispensable * EVENING STANDARD *\u003cbr\u003ePuts tears and blood into a political era that is otherwise difficult to dramatise and so to imagine * SCOTSMAN *\u003cbr\u003eThe enhance Victor Klemperer's rare standing as a truth-teller * IRISH TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eThe triumph of these diaries ... is precisely this: not for one moment does Klemperer lose his essential humanity. The diaries testify to the integrity of private space and truth to self ... This is the epic of a self-confessedly commonplace mortal with extraordinary qualities of intellect, wit and self-knowledge - recording his insights with unswerving fidelity to the truth * GUARDIAN *","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739618685271,"sku":"9781474623193","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474623193.jpg?v=1720052748","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-lesser-evil-9781474623193","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}