Pollak's Arm

"Enthralling ... A great read."--Philippe de Montebello, former director, Metropolitan Museum of ArtOctober 16, 1943, inside the...
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Author: Hans Von Trotha
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Pollak's Arm by Von Trotha, Hans

Pollak's Arm

$38.38

Pollak's Arm

$38.38
Author: Hans Von Trotha
Format: Paperback
Language: English

"Enthralling ... A great read."--Philippe de Montebello, former director, Metropolitan Museum of Art

October 16, 1943, inside the Vatican as darkness descends upon Rome. Having been alerted to the Nazi plan to round up the city's Jewish population the next day, Monsignor F. dispatches an envoy to a nearby palazzo to bring Ludwig Pollak and his family to safety within the papal premises. But Pollak shows himself in no hurry to leave his home and accept the eleventh-hour offer of refuge. Pollak's visitor is obliged to take a seat and listen as he recounts his life story: how he studied archaeology in Prague, his passion for Italy and Goethe, how he became a renowned antiquities dealer and advisor to great collectors like J. P. Morgan and the Austro-Hungarian emperor after his own Jewishness barred him from an academic career, and finally his spectacular discovery of the missing arm from the majestic ancient sculpture of Laocoön and his sons. Torn between hearing Pollak's spellbinding tale and the urgent mission to save the archaeologist from certain annihilation, the Vatican's anxious messenger presses him to make haste and depart. This stunning novel illuminates the chasm between civilization and barbarism by spotlighting a now little-known figure devoted to knowledge and the power of artistic creation.



Author: Hans Von Trotha
Publisher: New Vessel Press
Published: 02/15/2022
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9781954404007


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/29/2021
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2021
Shelf Awareness 02/18/2022

About the Author
Von Trotha, Hans: - Hans von Trotha is a German historian, novelist and journalist who spent ten years as editorial director of the Nicolai publishing house in Berlin.Lauffer, Elisabeth: - Elisabeth Lauffer is the recipient of the 2014 Gutekunst Translation Prize. After graduating from Wesleyan University she lived in Berlin where she worked as a commercial translator and then obtained a master's in education from Harvard.

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