John Lee
Author
Language
English
Description
This debut from the former director of the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm delves into the tumultuous and imperiled lives of German Jewish expatriates living in Sweden on the eve of WWII. After journalist Immanuel Birnbaum, a character based on the author's grandfather, is denied the right to publish in Nazi Germany, he files dispatches from his adopted country under the byline Dr. B. for publication in both Swedish and German papers. Over the course...