Libros de Angel Wagenstein (2 libros)

Novela de unos refugiados, hoy olvidados, que huyeron de la Alemania nazi y descubrieron el glamour y el exceso de Shanghai. Elisabeth y Theodore Weissberg, músicos famosos; Hilde, una joven extra de cine; y Vladek, un aventurero centroeuropeo fugitivo de la policía, huyen de la Alemania nazi hacia Shanghai en los albores de la segunda guerra mundial. Un imán para la ambición y el vicio, Shanghai es una ciudad de extremos: de riquezas rutilantes y pobreza extrema, sufrimiento y placer. Para los refugiados significa exilio y seguridad. Allí entran en el mundo de los refugiados judíos,...

Albert Cohen, a Bulgarian exile in Israel, returns to Bulgaria for a few days for a conference, and the encounter with his hometown and the people he hasn't seen for years reminds him of a world long gone. His most intense memory is of his grandfather, the unforgettable Abraham the Drunk--master tinsmith, genius storyteller, and witness to the end of an era--, whose figure will allow him to remember some of the most important episodes from his childhood. However, his reveries will be interrupted by some unavoidable events in the present: a dark attempt at land speculation, an encounter with a ...