Showing posts with label Ernest Haffner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ernest Haffner. Show all posts

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Books that changed the face of fiction: Blutsbrüder by Ernest Haffner

Thousands of books were burned under the Nazi regime. Photo: Georg Pahl


Books that changed the face of fiction: Blutsbrüder

BOOKS & POETRY

Ernst Haffner’s novel Blutsbrüder (Blood Brothers), set in the shadows of Berlin, was burned by the Nazis a year after publication. While the lost gem has been rediscovered, the fate of its author remains a mystery, writes Stephen Orr.


Stephen Orr

January 23, 2019

You know the feeling. A book you’ve been wanting to read for ages, you’re halfway through, loving it, dreading the end (not the ending), when you’ll have to leave this better-than-reality world.