A penetrating study of ordinary people resisting the Nazi occupationand, true to its title, a dark comedy of wartime manners*Comedy in a Minor Key* tells the story of Wim and Marie, a Dutch couple who first hide a Jew they know as Nico, then must dispose of his body when he dies of pneumonia. This n
Comedy in a Minor Key: novel
β Scribed by Keilson, Hans
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 60 KB
- Edition
- 1st American ed
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Traces the struggles of a Dutch couple who shelter a Jewish man during the Nazi occupation and dispose of his body when he dies of pneumonia.
β¦ Subjects
A Novel
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