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The Long Farewell
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Mystery & ThrillerGeneral FictionHistorical Fiction
ISBN13: 9784824156716
Publisher: Next Chapter
Published: Sep 17 2025
Pages: 374
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.83 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A young man with an Oedipus complex in 1930s Dresden, Hermann Becht loses himself in the social and political motives of his time.
His father is in the SS, his mother is Belarusian, and his girlfriend is Jewish. After a brutal clash with his father, Hermann and his mother flee to Paris. Swept along by a maelstrom of events, Hermann ends up as a spy for the British in the Polish extermination camp Treblinka.
The trauma of what he sees in this realm of death intensifies his pessimistic outlook on humanity. In Switzerland, the famous psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung tries to free Hermann of his frightening schizophrenia, but fails to unravel the power of the young man's emotions, especially his intense hate for his father.
What follows is a tragic chain of events, leading to Hermann's ultimate revenge on his father: the apocalyptic bombing of Dresden.
THE LONG FAREWELL is an unforgettable exploration of fascism's lure and the roots of the Holocaust. More than ever, the novel is a mirror for our modern times.
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