Based on a true story, The Jew's Beech centres on two brutal murders in rural Westphalia - the first of a local forester and the second of a Jewish moneylender near a beech tree - and the impact these events have on the life of Friedrich Mergel, a local herdsman with a turbulent family history. A prototype of the murder mystery and a thoughtful examination of village society, this intriguing novella contains hints of the Gothic and the uncanny - ominous thunderstorms, mysterious disappearances, eerie doppelgängers and grisly discoveries in the depths of the forest - as well as a famously ambiguous climax.
ISBN: | 9781847493552 |
Publisher: | Alma Books COMMIS |
Imprint: | Alma Classics |
Published date: | 01 Feb 2017 |
DEWEY: | 833.7 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 107 |
Weight: | 140g |
Height: | 200mm |
Width: | 129mm |
Spine width: | 11mm |