A legacy
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Author
Publication
2015 - New York Review Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
92,000 words, Guess
Page Count
368 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL31048978M
- ISBN-139781590178263
- OCLC Control Numberlegacy0000bedf_t7k4
- Library of Congress Control Number2014038284
Classifications
- DDC823/.914
- LCCPR6052.E3112 L44 2015
Description
"A Legacy is the tale of two very different families. The Merzes are members of the Jewish upper bourgeoisie of Berlin and direct descendants of Henriette Merz, friend of Goethe and Mirabeau. But this imposing legacy has long since ceased to mean much of anything in the Merzes' huge town house, where the family devotes itself to little more than enjoying its comfort and ensuring its wealth. The Feldens are landed Catholic aristocracy, well off but not rich, from the Catholic south of Germany. When Julius von Felden marries Melanie Merz the fortunes of the two families become strangely, and sometimes fatally, entwined. Told from the point of view of a precociously observant child and set against the background of Germany before the First Word War, A Legacy is at once captivating, magnificently funny, and profound, an unforgettable image of a doomed way of life"--
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Series Statement
- New York Review Books Classics
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