{"product_id":"the-exiles-return-paperback","title":"The Exiles Return - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWITH A FOREWORD BY EDMUND DE WAAL, AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE HARE WITH AMBER EYES \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSET IN THE ASHES OF POST-SECOND WORLD WAR VIENNA, A POWERFUL, SUBTLE NOVEL OF EXILES RETURNING HOME FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER FLEEING HITLER'S DEADLY REIGN \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVienna is demolished by war, the city an alien landscape of ruined castles, a fractured ruling class, and people picking up the pieces. Elisabeth de Waal's mesmerizing \u003ci\u003eThe Exiles Return\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunningly vivid postwar story of Austria's fallen aristocrats, unrepentant Nazis, and a culture degraded by violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe novel follows a number of exiles, each returning under very different circumstances, who must come to terms with a city in painful recovery. There is Kuno Adler, a Jewish research scientist, who is tired of his unfulfilling existence in America; Theophil Kanakis, a wealthy Greek businessman, seeking to plunder some of the spoils of war; Marie-Theres, a brooding teenager, sent by her parents in hopes that the change of scene will shake her out of her funk; and Prince \"Bimbo\" Grein, a handsome young man with a title divested of all its social currency. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith immaculate precision and sensitivity, de Waal, an exile herself, captures a city rebuilding and relearning its identity, and the people who have to do the same. Mesmerizing and tragic, de Waal has written a masterpiece of European literature, an artifact revealing a moment in our history, clear as a snapshot, but timeless as well.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370211410143,"sku":"9781250063748","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/XbN-tGjIpJ9781250063748.webp?v=1789153650","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-exiles-return-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}