{"product_id":"tidings-9780874866353","title":"Tidings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Germany's literary giants,\u003c\/b\u003e Ernst Emil Wiechert (1887-1950) was thrown into Buchenwald concentration camp for publicly backing anti-Nazi pastor Martin Niemöller. His final novel, published posthumously, deals with the aftermath of the Holocaust  how the survivors, both victims and perpetrators, seek healing and redemption as they pick up the shattered pieces of their world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvoking comparisons to the Russian greats\u003c\/b\u003e Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, Wiechert displays an uncommon depth of insight into the human condition at its most degenerate and it ennobling best  an understanding born of his own suffering and quest for rebirth. His novel is peopled with rich and complex characters and charged with both violent feelings and spiritual hunger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst published in 1950\u003c\/b\u003e as \u003ci\u003eMissa Sine Nomine\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eMass Without a Name\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eTidings\u003c\/i\u003e deserves its place among the masterpieces of European literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the last of a vanished breed of German writers – romantic in feeling, mystical in outlook, spendthrift in prose…Wiechert presses home his message with intense sincerity. -- \u003cb\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Plough Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528315314519,"sku":"9780874866353","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780874866353.jpg?v=1731871177","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tidings-9780874866353","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}