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03132aam a22005538i 4500 001 82CEE030E59011E4B87737CBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 141125s2015 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2014045336 020 $a 1628724242 (hardback) 020 $a 9781628724240 (hardback) : 035 $a (OCoLC)884814998 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h ger 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-gx--- 050 00 $a PT2685.A48 $b S6513 2015 082 00 $a 833/.914 $2 23 084 $a FIC043000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Walser, Martin, $d 1927- 240 10 $a Springender Brunnen. $l English 245 12 $a A gushing fountain : $b a novel / $c Martin Walser ; translated by David Dollenmayer. 263 $a 1504 264 1 $a New York : $b Arcade Publishing, $c 2015. 300 $a pages cm 520 $a "Appearing for the first time in English, this masterful novel by one of the foremost figures of postwar German literature is an indelible portrait of Nazism slowly overtaking and poisoning a small town. Semi-autobiographical, it is also a remarkably vivid account of a childhood fraught with troubles, yet full of remembered love and touched by miracle. In a provincial town on Lake Constance, Johann basks in the affection of the colorful staff and regulars at the Station Restaurant. Though his parents struggle to make ends meet, around him the world is rich in mystery: the attraction of girls; the power of words and his gift for music; his rivalry with his best friend, Adolf, son of the local Brownshirt leader; a circus that comes to town bringing Anita, whose love he and Adolf compete to win. But in these hard times, with businesses failing all around them and life savings gone in an instant, people whisper that only Hitler can save them. As the Nazis gradually infiltrate the churches, the school, the youth organizations-even the restaurant-and come to power, we see through Johann's eyes how the voices of dissent are silenced one by one, until war begins the body count that will include his beloved older brother"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Schoolboys $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Villages $v Fiction. 650 0 $a National socialism $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Germany $x History $y 1933-1945 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Bildungsromans. 650 7 $a FICTION / Coming of Age. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Bildungsromans. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00831688 650 7 $a National socialism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01033761 650 7 $a Schoolboys. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01742251 650 7 $a Villages. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01166969 651 7 $a Germany. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210272 648 7 $a 1933 - 1945 $2 fast 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a Dollenmayer, David B. 941 $a 2 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230203012149.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826112114.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=82CEE030E59011E4B87737CBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWRInitiate Another SILO Locator Search