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Imre József Pressburger was born into a Jewish family in Austria-Hungary in 1902. He studied engineering at Prague and Stuttgart universities before moving to Weimar-era Berlin in 1926. There he fell on hard times and lived on the streets for a period before publishing his first short story in 1928. Two years later he started writing scripts for UFA, the dominant German studio of the time. With the rise of the Nazis in 1933, Pressburger lost his job in the purge or Jewish employees and fled to Paris. His mother and many other relatives subsequently died in the Holocaust. In 1935 he relocated to London, anglicising his name to Emeric and meeting the director Michael Powell. Starting in 1942 they shared credit for writing, producing and directing fourteen films under the banner of their production company, The Archers. Their classic films include The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes. In the early 1960's he wrote two novels, Killing a Mouse on Sunday and The Glass Pearls. After a long period in the critical wilderness, Pressburger was made a fellow of Bafta in 1981 and of the BFI in 1983. Pressburger married twice and was survived by a daughter, Angela. He died in Suffolk in 1988.
Anthony Quinn was born in Liverpool in 1964. From 1998 to 2013 he was the film critic for the Independent. He is the author of eight prize-winning novels - including Curtain Call, Freya, Eureka, Our Friends in Berlin, and London, Burning - and a memoir, Klopp: My Liverpool Romance.For fans of The Passenger, this thrilling tale of an ex-Nazi surgeon hiding in plain sight in 1960s London by the celebrated filmmaker is a lost noir gem, introduced by Anthony Quinn and narrated on audio by Mark Gatiss.
'Stunning: incredibly good, tense and compelling and morally complex.' Ian Rankin
'This extraordinary novel had me hooked from start to finish.' Sarah Waters
'An outstanding novel: gripping, tense and darkly unsettling. ' Jonathan Freedland
'A wonderfully compelling noir thriller and audacious and challenging act of imagination.' William Boyd
'One of the best London novels of the 20th century.' Benjamin Myers
Nothing is more inviting to disclose your secrets than to be told by others of their own ...
London, June 1965. Karl Braun arrives as a lodger in Pimlico: hatless, with a bow-tie, greying hair, slight in build. His new neighbours are intrigued by this cultured German gentleman who works as a piano tuner; many are fellow émigrés, who assume that he, like them, came to England to flee Hitler. That summer, Braun courts a woman, attends classical concerts, dances the twist. But as the newspapers fill with reports of the hunt for Nazi war criminals, his nightmares become increasingly worse .
'A haunting, remarkable novel, as startlingly original as any of Pressburger's films.' Nicola Upson
'A dark and harrowing window on the past: the ending will haunt your dreams.' Janice HallettFor fans of The Passenger, this thrilling tale of an ex-Nazi surgeon hiding in plain sight in 1960s London by the celebrated filmmaker is a lost noir gem, introduced by Anthony Quinn and narrated on audio by Mark Gatiss.Stunning: incredibly good, thought-provoking and tense.At once a wonderfully compelling noir thriller and, more significantly, an audacious and challenging act of imagination. A tremendous rediscovery.This extraordinary novel had me hooked from start to finish, and left me with so much to brood on that I felt giddy ... A fascinating, morally complex, deeply unsettling read.An outstanding novel: gripping, tense and darkly unsettling. Remarkable daring ... The morbid tension of a thriller ... Focusing on a guilty man hiding in plain sight lends the novel its strange, wrong-footing power ... Artful and chilling.A dark and harrowing window on the past, one that not only cracks open the horror of Nazi atrocities, but also evokes the cloying paranoia of post-war London. The ending will haunt your dreams. This is a novel that should never be forgotten again.A haunting, remarkable novel, as startlingly original as any of Pressburger's film work. Fearless, deftly manipulative and impossible to forget.With humanity, subtlety and admirable restraint, Pressburger permits nuance to be applied to the then-recent horrors of humanity, while also creating one of the best London novels of the 20th century. The true mystery here is how a novel as engrossing and historically valuable as The Glass Pearls could have ever disappeared from view in the first place.Deserves to be recognized both for its own virtuosity, and as an important addition to the genre of Holocaust literature . A master class in rendering the banality of evil . Magnificent.Fascinating . Pressburger's masterpiece . Unsettling . Very Hitchcockian, especially the spectacular location for its set-piece finale . A tremendous novel.This is a welcome republication from Faber Editions, a series better known for modernist titles and underrepresented voices. As a masterclass in pure storytelling delight, The Glass Pearls might be its most radical reissue yet.A thriller. And it has enough twists and turns to keep the reader grimly absorbed.'Another book we're glad Faber Editions have rescued from the wrecking pile of history.'
Anthony Quinn was born in Liverpool in 1964. From 1998 to 2013 he was the film critic for the Independent. He is the author of eight prize-winning novels - including Curtain Call, Freya, Eureka, Our Friends in Berlin, and London, Burning - and a memoir, Klopp: My Liverpool Romance.For fans of The Passenger, this thrilling tale of an ex-Nazi surgeon hiding in plain sight in 1960s London by the celebrated filmmaker is a lost noir gem, introduced by Anthony Quinn and narrated on audio by Mark Gatiss.
'Stunning: incredibly good, tense and compelling and morally complex.' Ian Rankin
'This extraordinary novel had me hooked from start to finish.' Sarah Waters
'An outstanding novel: gripping, tense and darkly unsettling. ' Jonathan Freedland
'A wonderfully compelling noir thriller and audacious and challenging act of imagination.' William Boyd
'One of the best London novels of the 20th century.' Benjamin Myers
Nothing is more inviting to disclose your secrets than to be told by others of their own ...
London, June 1965. Karl Braun arrives as a lodger in Pimlico: hatless, with a bow-tie, greying hair, slight in build. His new neighbours are intrigued by this cultured German gentleman who works as a piano tuner; many are fellow émigrés, who assume that he, like them, came to England to flee Hitler. That summer, Braun courts a woman, attends classical concerts, dances the twist. But as the newspapers fill with reports of the hunt for Nazi war criminals, his nightmares become increasingly worse .
'A haunting, remarkable novel, as startlingly original as any of Pressburger's films.' Nicola Upson
'A dark and harrowing window on the past: the ending will haunt your dreams.' Janice HallettFor fans of The Passenger, this thrilling tale of an ex-Nazi surgeon hiding in plain sight in 1960s London by the celebrated filmmaker is a lost noir gem, introduced by Anthony Quinn and narrated on audio by Mark Gatiss.Stunning: incredibly good, thought-provoking and tense.At once a wonderfully compelling noir thriller and, more significantly, an audacious and challenging act of imagination. A tremendous rediscovery.This extraordinary novel had me hooked from start to finish, and left me with so much to brood on that I felt giddy ... A fascinating, morally complex, deeply unsettling read.An outstanding novel: gripping, tense and darkly unsettling. Remarkable daring ... The morbid tension of a thriller ... Focusing on a guilty man hiding in plain sight lends the novel its strange, wrong-footing power ... Artful and chilling.A dark and harrowing window on the past, one that not only cracks open the horror of Nazi atrocities, but also evokes the cloying paranoia of post-war London. The ending will haunt your dreams. This is a novel that should never be forgotten again.A haunting, remarkable novel, as startlingly original as any of Pressburger's film work. Fearless, deftly manipulative and impossible to forget.With humanity, subtlety and admirable restraint, Pressburger permits nuance to be applied to the then-recent horrors of humanity, while also creating one of the best London novels of the 20th century. The true mystery here is how a novel as engrossing and historically valuable as The Glass Pearls could have ever disappeared from view in the first place.Deserves to be recognized both for its own virtuosity, and as an important addition to the genre of Holocaust literature . A master class in rendering the banality of evil . Magnificent.Fascinating . Pressburger's masterpiece . Unsettling . Very Hitchcockian, especially the spectacular location for its set-piece finale . A tremendous novel.This is a welcome republication from Faber Editions, a series better known for modernist titles and underrepresented voices. As a masterclass in pure storytelling delight, The Glass Pearls might be its most radical reissue yet.A thriller. And it has enough twists and turns to keep the reader grimly absorbed.'Another book we're glad Faber Editions have rescued from the wrecking pile of history.'
Product Details
| Title: | TheGlass Pearls (Faber Editions) |
|---|---|
| Author: | Emeric PressburgerAnthony Quinn |
| SKU: | BK0461301 |
| EAN: | 9780571371044 |
| Language: | English |
About Author
Imre József Pressburger was born into a Jewish family in Austria-Hungary in 1902. He studied engineering at Prague and Stuttgart universities before moving to Weimar-era Berlin in 1926. There he fell on hard times and lived on the streets for a period before publishing his first short story in 1928. Two years later he started writing scripts for UFA, the dominant German studio of the time. With the rise of the Nazis in 1933, Pressburger lost his job in the purge or Jewish employees and fled to Paris. His mother and many other relatives subsequently died in the Holocaust. In 1935 he relocated to London, anglicising his name to Emeric and meeting the director Michael Powell. Starting in 1942 they shared credit for writing, producing and directing fourteen films under the banner of their production company, The Archers. Their classic films include The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes. In the early 1960's he wrote two novels, Killing a Mouse on Sunday and The Glass Pearls. After a long period in the critical wilderness, Pressburger was made a fellow of Bafta in 1981 and of the BFI in 1983. Pressburger married twice and was survived by a daughter, Angela. He died in Suffolk in 1988.Anthony Quinn was born in Liverpool in 1964. From 1998 to 2013 he was the film critic for the Independent. In addition to his nonfiction book Klopp, is the author of six novels: The Rescue Man, which won the 2009 Authors' Club Best First Novel Award; Half of the Human Race; The Streets, which was shortlisted for the 2013 Walter Scott Prize; Curtain Call, which was chosen for Waterstones and Mail on Sunday Book Clubs; Freya, a Radio 2 Book Club choice, and Eureka.