Address Unknown

A Novel

De: Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

Narrado por: Rob Shapiro, George Newbern

A rediscovered classic and international bestseller that recounts the gripping tale of a friendship destroyed at the hands of Nazi Germany

In this searing epistolary novel, Kathrine Kressmann Taylor brings vividly to life the insidious spread of Nazism through a series of letters between Max, a Jewish art dealer in San Francisco, and Martin, his friend and former business partner who has returned to Germany in 1932, just as Hitler is coming to power.

Originally published in Story magazine in 1938, Address Unknown became an international sensation. Credited with exposing the dangers of Nazism to American readers early on, it is also a scathing indictment of fascist movements around the world and a harrowing exposé of the power of the pen as a weapon.

A powerful and eloquent tale about the consequences of a friendship—and society—poisoned by extremism, Address Unknown remains hauntingly and painfully relevant today.

Wonderful!

Powerful story about how the undoing of morality and the "othering" of Jews during the rise of Nazism destroys the friendship and lives of two pre-war friends.

I have went there so many emotions

At first I was excited, then angry, then almost cried. I had to take a break when they were laughing and joking about scamming people. Then started again to think, “NO WAY”! Then my heart fell more and more and almost to tears. I have 14 minutes left and can to write this. It’s heavy in a good way. Everyone should read this. Makes me be more grateful for the things I do have. Wow… such an amazingly put together audio book

A must read

Brilliant, sad, shocking, eye-opening...keeps your attention and doesn't let go . A short read but long lasting impact...a required read IMO and the performance, exquisite

Factual in concept

Shows the truth of our history in a very consumable form. Short and easy and recommend for all

Still relevant after almost a century

The sounds of pages turning between chapters drives home that these are actual letters between one time friends. Fascinating and terrifying how best friends can be brainwashed and turned against each other. It reinforces what must be human nature: as long as something doesn't affect us negatively we'll stand by and watch atrocities happen. We'll let groups of people become scapegoats for everything wrong in the world. Less than a century later we are watching it all happen again. A history we never thought we'd allow to repeat itself is unfolding before us. Read/ listen to this book and take note of the signs.