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Jacob the Liar
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Hardcover
With Leila Vennewitz |
Subsequent edition from Arcade Pub (February 1, 1996)
9781559703154 | details & prices | 244 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $27.00
About: Cut off from all news of the war along with thousands of fellow prisoners, Jacob Heym accidentally overhears a radio broadcast that reveals the Red Army's advancement and is forced to tell a series of lies in order to explain his knowledge.
About: Cut off from all news of the war along with thousands of fellow prisoners, Jacob Heym accidentally overhears a radio broadcast that reveals the Red Army's advancement and is forced to tell a series of lies in order to explain his knowledge.
Paperback
With Leila Vennewitz (other contributor), Louis Begley (other contributor) |
Reprint edition from Arcade Pub (June 4, 2013)
9781611457865 | details & prices | 248 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Back in print, here is the classic work from one of the giants of German postwar literature and the basis for the major motion picture Jakob the Liar, starring Robin Williams.
About: Back in print, here is the classic work from one of the giants of German postwar literature and the basis for the major motion picture Jakob the Liar, starring Robin Williams.
from Plume (September 1, 1999)
9780452281707 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $15.00
About: Accidentally overhearing a radio account of the Russian Army advancing, Jakob elaborates on the story, generating hope among the Jewish inhabitants of a Nazi-occupied ghetto
About: Accidentally overhearing a radio account of the Russian Army advancing, Jakob elaborates on the story, generating hope among the Jewish inhabitants of a Nazi-occupied ghetto
With Unique Journal (other contributor), Leila Vennewitz |
Reissue edition from Plume (October 1, 1997)
9780452279032 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $11.95
This edition also contains Least Weasel 100 Page Lined Journal: Blank 100 Page Lined Journal for Your Thoughts, Ideas, and Inspiration
About: During the Holocaust, one man's "small" lie gives false hope to his ghetto community.
This edition also contains Least Weasel 100 Page Lined Journal: Blank 100 Page Lined Journal for Your Thoughts, Ideas, and Inspiration
About: During the Holocaust, one man's "small" lie gives false hope to his ghetto community.
from Arcade Pub (April 1, 1997)
9781559703741 | details & prices | List price $12.95
About: Jakob is caught breaking the curfew in a Jewish ghetto towards the end of the war.
About: Jakob is caught breaking the curfew in a Jewish ghetto towards the end of the war.