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Author:

Parini, Jay.

Title:

Benjamin's crossing : a novel / Jay Parini.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Henry Holt,

Copyright Date:

1996

Description:

305 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Benjamin, Walter,--1892-1940--Fiction.
Germany--Fiction.
Authors--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Summary:

A fictionalized biography of Walter Benjamin, a 1930s Jewish German philosopher. The novel describes his theories on literature and mass culture, and his hard life in France, where he fled when the Nazis came to power. He had to flee again when the Germans invaded France, finishing his days in Spain. By the author of John Steinbeck.

ISBN:

9780805031805 (alk. paper)
0805031804 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

96031959

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)