Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressman Taylor – 64 pages

Book Blurb:

A rediscovered classic, originally published in 1938 and now an international bestseller. When it first appeared in Story magazine in 1938, Address Unknown became an immediate social phenomenon and literary sensation. Published in book form a year later and banned in Nazi Germany, it garnered high praise in the United States and much of Europe.

My Review: 5 stars

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Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressman Taylor has penned a story that shares an immensely powerful point about integrity in a mere sixty-four pages. Told in an epistolary format that will grab you immediately. The letters are between a Jewish art dealer in California and his former business partner who moves back to Germany at the start of Hitler’s power. 

Over time, the mood of the letters alter as alliances and situations develop. This book is poignant, sad and at his heart shows the moral ambiguities of friendship.

This is a must read for all. 

Quotes I liked:

The Jewish race is a sore spot to any nation that harbors it. I have never hated the individual Jew — yourself I have always cherished as a friend, but you will know that I speak in all honesty when I say I have loved you, not because of your race but in spite of it.”

“Dying,” she said in her last week, “is normal. It’s as normal as being born.”