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Benjamin's crossing : a novel

German-Jewish critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin tries to flee the Nazi invasion of Paris in 1940 by escaping through the Pyrenees into Spain. Interwoven in this tale are views of his life, including his youth in Berlin, his years with the German Youth Movement, his university days, his friendship with Gershom Scholem, his love affair with Asja Lacis, and his friendships with Bertolt Brecht and other artists and intellectuals.

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  • "German-Jewish critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin tries to flee the Nazi invasion of Paris in 1940 by escaping through the Pyrenees into Spain. Interwoven in this tale are views of his life, including his youth in Berlin, his years with the German Youth Movement, his university days, his friendship with Gershom Scholem, his love affair with Asja Lacis, and his friendships with Bertolt Brecht and other artists and intellectuals."@en
  • "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."

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  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@tr
  • "Fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Biographical fiction"@en
  • "Biographical fiction"

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  • "Benjamin's crossing : a novel"@en
  • "Benjamin's crossing : a novel"
  • "Benjamin : Dar Geçitteki Aydın"
  • "Dunkle Passagen : ein Walter-Benjamin-Roman"
  • "Benjamin's crossing"
  • "Benjamin : dar geçitteki aydın"@tr

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