{"product_id":"to-zenzi-9781936970698","title":"To Zenzi","description":"\u003ci\u003eTo Zenzi\u003c\/i\u003e is the extraordinary story of Tobias Koertig's odyssey through the apocalypse of Berlin in 1945. An orphaned thirteen-year-old who loves to draw, Tobias is coerced into joining the German youth army in the last desperate weeks of the war. Mistaken for a hero on the Eastern Front, he receives an Iron Cross from Hitler himself, who discovers the boy's cartoons and appoints Tobias to sketch pictures of the ruined city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shuttling between the insanity of the F hrer's bunker and the chaotic streets, Tobias must contend with a scheming Martin Bormann, a deceitful deserter, the Russian onslaught, and his own compounding despair--all while falling for Zenzi, a girl of Jewish descent (a \u003ci\u003emischling\u003c\/i\u003e) who relays secret news of death camps and convinces Tobias to make a treacherous escape to the Americans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With thrilling risks in plotting and prose, with moments of pathos and absurdity, Shuster richly conjures a mad, tragic world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Issues Poetry and Prose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936970698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344","brand":"Robert L. Shuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39462860619957,"sku":"9781936970698","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9b7977b1-03e4-4e28-9215-d50cf1ca70eb.jpg?v=1615921795","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/to-zenzi-9781936970698","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}