{"product_id":"the-iron-tracks-9780805210996","title":"The Iron Tracks","description":"\u003cb\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow does one live after surviving injustice? What satisfaction comes from revenge? Can the past ever be left behind? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMasterfully composed and imbued with extraordinary feeling and understanding, \u003ci\u003eThe Iron Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting tale of survival and revenge by the writer whom Irving Howe called \"one of the best novelists alive today.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEver since he was released from a concentration camp forty years earlier, Erwin Siegelbaum has been obsessively riding the trains of postwar Austria. His days are filled with drink, his nights with brief love affairs and the torments of his nightmares. What keeps him sane is his mission to collect the menorahs, kiddush cups, and holy books that have survived their vanished owners. And the hope that one day he will find the Nazi officer who murdered his parents--and have the strength to kill him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA haunting exploration of one survivor's complex, wrenching, inner world, \u003ci\u003eThe Iron Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e is distinguished by the depth of insight and the distinctively stark, elegant style that have won Aharon Appelfeld recognition as one of the world's great writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805210996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.00w x 0.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/16\/1999 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aharon Appelfeld","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51580950282421,"sku":"9780805210996","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5c9a9d42-f2f7-4355-94d4-a8c2ebb11998.jpg?v=1755618836","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-iron-tracks-9780805210996","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}