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03279aam a22005418i 4500 001 50A4A778D8FE11E4BC6E09BDDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 150102s2015 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2014046628 020 $a 0374135703 : HRD 020 $a 9780374135706 : HRD 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a PR6104.O554 $b D43 2015 100 1 $a Donoghue, John, $d 1956- 245 14 $a The Death's Head chess club : $b a novel / $c John Donoghue. 260 $a $b Farrar Straus & Giroux $c 2015 263 $a 1505 300 $a 320 p. ; 510 $a FT5D 510 $a KRE5 510 $a LB4W 510 $a LP4W 510 $a XNOS 510 $a XPPL 510 $a ZA5C 510 $a ZB5C 520 $a "A novel of the improbable friendship that arises between a Nazi officer and a Jewish chessplayer in Auschwitz SS Obersturmfuhrer Paul Meissner arrives in Auschwitz from the Russian front wounded and fit only for administrative duty. His most pressing task is to improve camp morale and he establishes a chess club, and allows officers and enlisted men to gamble on the games. Soon Meissner learns that chess is also played among the prisoners, and there are rumors of an unbeatable Jew known as "the Watchmaker." Meissner's superiors begin to demand that he demonstrate German superiority by pitting this undefeated Jew against the best Nazi players. Meissner finds Emil Cle;ment, the Watchmaker, and a curious relationship arises between them. As more and more games are played, the stakes rise, and the two men find their fates deeply entwined. Twenty years later, the two meet again in Amsterdam--Meissner has become a bishop, and Emil is playing in an international chess tournament. Having lost his family in the horrors of the death camps, Emil wants nothing to do with the ex-Nazi officer despite their history, but Meissner is persistent. "What I hope," he tells Emil, "is that I can help you to understand that the power of forgiveness will bring healing." As both men search for a modicum of peace, they recall a gripping tale of survival and trust. A suspenseful meditation on understanding and guilt, John Donoghue's The Death's Head Chess Club is a bold debut and a rich portrait of a surprising friendship"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a Auschwitz (Concentration camp) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Nazis $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Chess players $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Concentration camps $z Poland $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd 650 7 $a FICTION / Literary. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Historical. $2 bisacsh 856 42 $3 Cover image $u http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/706/9780374135706/image/lgcover.9780374135706.jpg 941 $a 9 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305033718.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722045600.0 952 $l D8PD522 $d 20191211011759.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006085043.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418110007.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20170325011007.0 952 $l VCPD034 $d 20151001052304.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20150624023432.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20150619014305.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=50A4A778D8FE11E4BC6E09BDDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search