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4.3 AVERAGE
4.3 AVERAGE
How have I never heard of this short story before? Well worth the quick read.
I had to read this during the summer(I go to a french-american school)...
Usually, I don't find french stories that interesting unless they are originally written in another language (books that are translated into french) I do like some french books, but I find most of the books we have to read in french boring.
BUT THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was very interesting! At first, it was okay, but then it escalated!! AND DAMN!!!!
Usually, I don't find french stories that interesting unless they are originally written in another language (books that are translated into french) I do like some french books, but I find most of the books we have to read in french boring.
BUT THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was very interesting! At first, it was okay, but then it escalated!! AND DAMN!!!!
fast-paced
the written word used as a weapon against nazi power. interesting
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
informative
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Short story told in the form of letters. Published in 1938 before the US entered WWII. Terrifying. prescient.
I think it’s essential reading for anyone in 2025 as we watch history unfold today.
I think it’s essential reading for anyone in 2025 as we watch history unfold today.
Unprecedented in its time, Kathrine Kressmann Taylor’s Address Unknown is a remarkable literary accomplishment. A stunning novella told solely through letters between Max Eisenstein, a German-American Jew living in California, and his friend and business partner, Martin Schulse, who recently relocated to Germany with his family during the rise of Nazism. A strong message, well-structured and brilliantly concluded, is well worth the quick read.
Favorite passage:
“Max, I think in many ways Hitler is good for Germany, but I am not sure.
He is now the active head of the government. I doubt much that even Hindenburg could now remove him from power, as he was truly forced to place him there. The man is like an electric shock, strong as only a great orator and a zealot can be. But I ask myself, is he quite sane? His brown shirt troops are of the rabble. They pillage and have started a bad Jew-baiting. But these may be minor things, the little surface scum when a big movement boils up. For I tell you, my friend, there is a surge — a surge. The people everywhere have had a quickening. You feel it in the streets and shops. The old despair has been thrown aside like a forgotten coat. No longer the people wrap themselves in shame; they hope again.
Perhaps there may be found an end to this poverty. Something, I do not know what, will happen. A leader is found! Yet cautiously to myself I ask, a leader to where? Despair overthrown often turns us in mad directiodns.”
Favorite passage:
“Max, I think in many ways Hitler is good for Germany, but I am not sure.
He is now the active head of the government. I doubt much that even Hindenburg could now remove him from power, as he was truly forced to place him there. The man is like an electric shock, strong as only a great orator and a zealot can be. But I ask myself, is he quite sane? His brown shirt troops are of the rabble. They pillage and have started a bad Jew-baiting. But these may be minor things, the little surface scum when a big movement boils up. For I tell you, my friend, there is a surge — a surge. The people everywhere have had a quickening. You feel it in the streets and shops. The old despair has been thrown aside like a forgotten coat. No longer the people wrap themselves in shame; they hope again.
Perhaps there may be found an end to this poverty. Something, I do not know what, will happen. A leader is found! Yet cautiously to myself I ask, a leader to where? Despair overthrown often turns us in mad directiodns.”