{"product_id":"9780874866360","title":"Tidings: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne of Germany’s literary giants,\u003c\/b\u003e Ernst Emil Wiechert (1887-1950) was thrown into Buchenwald concentration camp for publicly backing anti-Nazi pastor Martin Niemöller. His final novel, published posthumously, deals with the aftermath of the Holocaust – how the survivors, both victims and perpetrators, seek healing and redemption as they pick up the shattered pieces of their world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eEvoking comparisons to the Russian greats\u003c\/b\u003e Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, Wiechert displays an uncommon depth of insight into the human condition at its most degenerate and it ennobling best – an understanding born of his own suffering and quest for rebirth. His novel is peopled with rich and complex characters and charged with both violent feelings and spiritual hunger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFirst published in 1950\u003c\/b\u003e as \u003ci\u003eMissa Sine Nomine\u003c\/i\u003e ( \u003ci\u003eMass Without a Name\u003c\/i\u003e ), \u003ci\u003eTidings\u003c\/i\u003e deserves its place among the masterpieces of European literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plough Publishing House, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131150188784,"sku":"9780874866360","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780874866360_p0.jpg?v=1763838441","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780874866360","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}