Benjamin's Crossing
By Jay Parini
By Jay Parini
By Jay Parini
By Jay Parini
By Jay Parini
Read by Mark Bramhall, Edoardo Ballerini, Natasha Soudek, Kathleen Gati and Senn Annis
By Jay Parini
Read by Mark Bramhall, Edoardo Ballerini, Natasha Soudek, Kathleen Gati and Senn Annis
Category: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction
Category: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction
Category: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction | Audiobooks
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$16.95
Feb 09, 2021 | ISBN 9780525562757
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Feb 09, 2021 | ISBN 9780525562764
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Feb 09, 2021 | ISBN 9780525639602
761 Minutes
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Praise
“A piercing, magnificent novel.” —Amos Oz
“Painstakingly researched and dramatically recounted. . . . [Benjamin’s Crossing] has something important to tell us.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Jay Parini has written an exciting ‘adventure story,’ part Chaplin, part Kafka, and wholly emblematic of our dark age.” —Gore Vidal
“Parini’s re-creation of [Walter Benjamin’s] life is a tender, wise and even sadly funny achievement.” —Daily News
“Benjamin’s Crossing is a stunning novel of war, intellectual history, and the great divide civilization crossed in the year 1940. . . . Humorous, profound, and affecting.” —Erica Jong
“Poignant and eloquent.” —Harold Bloom
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