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Farewell, Shanghai

A Novel

By: Angel Wagenstein

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Elisabeth and Theodore Weissberg, famous musicians, Hilde, a young film extra, and Vladek, an Eastern European adventurer wanted by the police on political charges, flee Nazi Germany for Shanghai at the onset of World War II. A magnet for every human ambition and vice, Shanghai is a city of extremes–of dazzling wealth and wretched poverty, suffering and pleasure, and, for the four refugees, exile and safety. There, they enter the world of Jewish refugees, many of them artists and intellectuals, who must either starve or eke out an impoverished and sometimes degraded living, but they are determined to live intelligently, upholding the high culture, humor, and even, insofar as they can, the elegance of their former lives. Master storyteller Angel Wagenstein crafts an intense narrative of life and death, passionate love, and profound courage against the backdrop of the war and the millions of lives caught up in it.

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1635423724

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Isaac's Torah

A Novel

By: Angel Wagenstein

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Isaac's Torah

A Novel

By: Angel Wagenstein

This novel is the saga in five parts of Isaac Jacob Blumenfeld, who grows up in Kolodetz, a small town near Lvov, which, when he’s a boy, belongs to the Hapsburg Empire, but which subsequently belongs to Poland, Soviet Russia, Germany, and then Russia again. Isaac survives the absurdity and horror of Eastern Europe during the 20th century by pretending to be a fool. If this is an old Jewish art, then Isaac is a consummate artist. He plays the fool all his life, from his boyhood in Kolodetz shetl to the time when he is an accused war criminal in a Gulag in Siberia. Inseparable from Isaac’s life and story are the Yiddish jokes and fables of Kolodetz. These and the counsel of his dear friend, the rabbi and chair of the atheist club in Kolodetz, Shmuel Ben David, sustain Isaac through two world wars, three concentration camps, and five motherlands. The book puts on record, with full art, what is perhaps the central story of the last one hundred years. It is a wise book.

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1635421357

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Farewell, Shanghai

A Novel

By: Angel Wagenstein

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Adiós, Shanghai

By: Angel Wagenstein

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Adiós, Shanghai

By: Angel Wagenstein

En los albores de la segunda guerra mundial la ciudad abierta de Shanghai era uno de los pocos lugares del mundo en el que se podían refugiar los judíos que huían de la Alemania nazi. Elisabeth y Theodor Weissberg, músicos de fama mundial; Hilde Braun, una prometedora actriz; el rabino Leo Levin y su esposa Ester; el carterista Schlomo Finkelstein, son algunos de los personajes que en Adiós, Shanghai buscan amparo en esta ciudad asiática. El Shanghai de finales de los años treinta, bajo ocupación japonesa, era una ciudad de extremos: un centro financiero internacional con más de trescientos bancos y lujosos hoteles, pero también una ciudad portuaria plagada de prostíbulos y fumaderos de opio; una ciudad en la que los míseros barrios como el de Hongkou, que terminaría convertido en gueto judío, contrastaban con las opulentas concesiones internacionales. Entre el relato histórico y la novela de intriga, Angel Wagenstein reconstruye en esta novela uno de los episodios menos conocidos de la segunda guerra mundial, narrando una historia de amor y muerte que es, sobre todo, un homenaje a todos aquellos hombres y mujeres que creyeron encontrar su salvación en Shanghai. «Wagenstein retrata a refugiados y espías en una adictiva novela, las relaciones entre los personajes nos hablan no sólo de la perseverancia de la naturaleza humana sino también del absurdo de la guerra.» San Francisco Chronicle «Esta novela debe ser considerada como un clásico de la literatura antifascista.» Duma (Sofía) «La maestría en la trama argumental y su arte del suspense revelan el antiguo oficio cinematográfico del narrador. Una obra cautivadora.» Le Monde «Desplazándose sin descanso desde París a Dresde o a Shanghai, Wagenstein relata magistralmente las vidas de los refugiados europeos en el Shanghai de la segunda guerra mundial, moviéndose con habilidad desde la cotidianidad de los refugiados al gran mundo de las intrigas internacionales.» Publishers Weekly

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8492663642

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9788492663644

Mending Angel's Wings: The Gathering Storm

By: Charity Angel

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Mending Angel's Wings: The Gathering Storm

By: Charity Angel

�What is it called?� she asked in a hushed voice. �Most Precious To Me.� He replied softly as tears filled his eyes and he studied Angelica's face for her response. Intense warmth began to radiate in the center of Angelica�s body with more intensity. Her heart, felt like it skipped a beat. She couldn�t help but raise her hand to her chest. It was as if the title of the painting had resonated deep within her soul, like the title of the painting was a message from Thomas to her. But that was silly, he had painted it years before he ever met her. Yet, the feelings were so clear and insistently strong. Angelica looked up and noticed that there were more tears in Thomas�s eyes. �What is it?� She inquired as she began to feel unexpected and overwhelming emotions. �This is a very special painting to me.� He said.

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0359956815

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9780359956814

Mending Angel's Wings

By: Charity Angel

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Mending Angel's Wings

By: Charity Angel

Angelica is aware that it is time for her to set out on her own. She must discover the purpose of her journey. She is seeking for the man that will be equal to her in all things. She has been given her sprit guide Comfort, and her inner voice as tools to help her connect with the Creator and discover what her purpose is. Travel with Angelica as she journey's through the woods of life. Through trials, tribulation and temptation, the question remains, will she make it?

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1312354011

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