The Tortoises

A renowned writer and his wife live quietly in a beautiful villa outside Vienna, until the triumphant Nazis start subjecting their Jewish "hosts" to ever greater humiliations. Veza Canetti focuses on seemingly ordinary people to epitomize the horror: one flag-happy German kills a sparrow before a group of little children; another, more entrepreneurial Nazi brands tortoises with swastikas to sell as souvenirs commemorating the Anschluss.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 06/29/2007
ISBN: 9780811216968
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 7.97h x 5.49w x 0.71d

Review Citations: Multicultural Review 12/01/2007 pg. 12