The Jew's Beech

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

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