In the 1930s, however, the humanist, antigenocide stance he expressed in works such as the forty days of musa dagh, as well as his jewish heritage, attracted the censure of the nazis. Books by franz werfel author of the forty days of musa dagh. First published in 1933, the chilling and riveting story takes place along the anatolian coast in the mountain villages that chose to disobey the deportation. Altalanos iskolai tanulmanyait pragaban a piaristaknal vegezte, majd a varos nemet gimnaziumaban a stefansgymnasiumban tanult tovabb. Customers and visitors can download classical music in high quality flac or mp3 and find out more about classical music. But things are becoming increasingly dangerous for his people in turkey, and, as the government orders roundups and deportations, the villagers of musa dagh decide to fight back. Franz werfel, the forty days of musa dagh, translated by geoffrey dunlop and james reidel, with a preface by vartan gregorian boston. They arrived in california in 1940, and here he fulfilled his vow with his bestknown work, his 1941 novel the song of bernadette, made into an oscarwinning film with jennifer jones in 1943. As massacres destroyed neighboring armenian christian communities, the residents of several villages withdrew to a mountain known as musa dagh and held off repeated assaults by turkish soldiers and armed thugs. This is the story of how the people of several armenian villages in the mountains along the coast of presentday turkey and syria chose not to obey the deportation order of the turkish. This novel describes the heroic stand taken by several hundred armenians facing genocide by the turks in 1915. More information about this seller contact this seller 20.
Czechborn poet, playwright, and novelist, whose central themes were religious faith, heroism, and human brotherhood. The forty days of musa dagh by franz werfel, paperback. Franz werfel s most popular book is the forty days of musa dagh. This is the story of how the people of several armenian villages in the mountains along the coast of presentday turkey and syria chose not to obey the deportation order of the turkish government. Franz werfel was one of austrias most renowned writers at the end of the 1920s. The son of a glove manufacturer, werfel left home to work in a hamburg shipping house. The forty days of musa dagh by franz werfel librarything.
Buy the forty days of musa dagh by franz werfel from waterstones today. Franz viktor werfel 10 september 1890 26 august 1945 was an austrianbohemian novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned world war i, the interwar period, and world war ii. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The book that first drew americas attention to the armenian genocide, which began 100 years ago on april 24, 1915. Its one of these lost causes and for that reason may not prove the sensation that i sense in it. The forty days of musa dagh is franz werfels masterpiece that brought him international acclaim in 1933, drawing the worlds attention to the armenian genocide.
His books were among the many that were burned amidst accusations of conspiracy and decadence. Rudolf werfel, jomodu, nemet anyanyelvu, pragai zsido kesztyugyaros fiakent szuletett 1890ben. The forty days of musa dagh by franz werfel, first edition. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Franz werfel s bestknown works include the forty days of musa dagh 1933, a classic historical novel that portrays armenian resistance to the turks, and the song of bernadette 1941. It is 1915 and gabriel has returned to his childhood home, an armenian village on the slopes of musa dagh. The forty days of musa dagh penguin modern classics. Used books may not include companion materials, some shelf wear, may contain highlightingnotes, may not include cdrom or access codes. Franz werfel has 114 books on goodreads with 10533 ratings. The latter book had its start when werfel, a jew escaping the nazis, found solace in the czechborn poet, playwright, and novelist, whose central themes were.
The novel focuses on the selfdefense by a small community of armenians living near musa dagh, a mountain in vilayet of aleppo in the ottoman empire now in hatay province, part of southern turkey, on the mediterranean coastas well the events in constantinople istanbul and provincial capitals, where the young turk government orchestrated the deportations, concentration camps and massacres of the empires armenian citizens. Franz werfel, germanlanguage writer who attained prominence as an expressionist poet, playwright, and novelist and whose works espoused human brotherhood, heroism, and religious faith. The forty days of musa dagh by franz werfel waterstones. At lourdes werfel made a vow if they were to reach safety. Its the saga of a passing race, a race long condemned to accepting an attitude of rather contemptuous pity. Descargar epub gratis del autor franz werfel espaebook. Quotations in english are from this recent translation. The forty days of musa dagh by franz werfel and translated by geoffrey dunlop. He is primarily known as the author of the forty days of musa dagh 1933, english tr. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read franz werfel. A historical novel by austrianjewish author werfel, this story is based on an event that took place on musa dagh in 1915 during the armenian genocide in turkey. The forty days of musa dagh is franz werfels masterpiece, bringing him international acclaim and a bomc main selection.
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