The Price of EscapeThe Price of Escape
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Current format, Unknown, 2011, , Available. Offered in 0 more formats"A Jewish man flees 1938 Germany only to find a new and unexpected nightmare" in Guatemala, in this tale of dark humor and desperate suspense ( Publishers Weekly ).
In 1938, as Samuel Berkow's tramp steamer from Germany approaches Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, he is full of hope that he will be able to find a family member and begin to remake his life in the new world.
But in this sweltering, chaotic, and hostile port town, he will have to face down many obstacles--including himself--before he can hope to truly escape . . .
"Unger's sharp prose deftly conveys Samuel's frustrations and confusions as he encounters characters like a troublesome dwarf, a volatile American fruit company manager, a crazed ex-priest, and a friendly telegraph operator who all offer help with one hand but uncertainty with the other." -- Publishers Weekly
"Evoking both Kafka and Conrad, Unger's character study of a broken man in a culture broken by a ravenous corporation makes compelling reading." -- Booklist
"Unger's tale utterly seduces with its mix of the exotic and the familiar." -- Toronto Star
In 1938, as Samuel Berkow's tramp steamer from Germany approaches Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, he is full of hope that he will be able to find a family member and begin to remake his life in the new world.
But in this sweltering, chaotic, and hostile port town, he will have to face down many obstacles--including himself--before he can hope to truly escape . . .
"Unger's sharp prose deftly conveys Samuel's frustrations and confusions as he encounters characters like a troublesome dwarf, a volatile American fruit company manager, a crazed ex-priest, and a friendly telegraph operator who all offer help with one hand but uncertainty with the other." -- Publishers Weekly
"Evoking both Kafka and Conrad, Unger's character study of a broken man in a culture broken by a ravenous corporation makes compelling reading." -- Booklist
"Unger's tale utterly seduces with its mix of the exotic and the familiar." -- Toronto Star
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- [United States] : Akashic Books : Made available through hoopla, 2011.
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