The Jew’s Beech

Annette von Droste Hülshoff

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.

"A highly original fusion of thriller-writing, social analysis and meditation on the nature of truth."

The Spectator

Proizvod je dostupan:	DA
Izdavač:	Alma Books
ISBN:	9781847493552
Godina izdanja:	2013
Broj stranica:	112
Težina:	116
Tip uveza:	Paperback