Ahí está mi casa

by Hans Keilson

Estas singulares páginas de carácter autobiográfico dan cuenta de los años decisivos que forjaron la vida de quien ha sido definido como «uno de los mejores escritores del mundo» (Francine Prose, The New York Times). Las personas, circunstancias y lugares que le influyeron -la infancia en Brandeburgo, los años estudiantiles en Berlín, su exilio en los Países Bajos, el ejercicio de la medicina con la resistencia holandesa, la pérdida de sus padres- se entretejen, en el relato de Hans Keilson, con el impacto de la crisis económica, el antisemitismo y la guerra, pero la amistad, la música y la escritura también tienen un papel relevante. El resultado es el retrato único de una época convulsa y, a la vez, una aproximación a una mente y a una sensibilidad excepcionales.

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Hans Keilson is the author of Comedy in a Minor Key and The Death of the Adversary. Born in Germany in 1909, he published his first novel in 1933. During World War II he joined the Dutch resistance. Later, as a psychotherapist, he pioneered the treatment of war trauma in children. In a 2010 New York Times review, Francine Prose called Keilson a “genius” and “one of the world’s very greatest writers.” He died in 2011 at the age of 101.

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Reviews

[Marc Lamot · Rating 1 out of 5]

Memories of Hans Keilson, as a 100-year-old, of his childhood and youth, especially in function of the emerging anti-Semitism. Adds little. Perhaps a commercial initiative by a gripping publisher.

[zespri · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a gentle little book of memories, with a conversation with the author at the end. Still alive when the book was published, he was 101 years old.

Each little chapter fills in detail and colour of Hans Keilson's life, who as a Jew in Germany before the war, experienced the early uprising of anti-semitism. He survived by leaving for Holland, and lived his life in exile there. Losing both parents to the camps, he carries a constant sadness, but the tone of the book is hopeful and accepting.

[Jacques · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interessante getuigenis over de reactie van Nazi-Duitsland (Duitse jongeren) op Joodse kinderen en de vlucht naar Nederland 'Daar staat mijn huis'.

[Alfred van de Weg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ontroerend relaas van een jood in diaspora. Psychologisch krachtig in eenvoud.

[Cel Jel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite a light visit through a life affected by the Nazis. He had been a student in Berlin, but escaped to Holland and there married a non Jew. Then the family went into hiding, after he got his parents out of Germany. Short chapters written fairly lightly, but making one think of consequences, luck and loss.

[Susu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ein schmaler Band - Keilson fasst einzelne Bilder der Erinnerung zu einer Biographie zusammen. Jugend in Brandenburg, Studium in Berlin, Exil in Holland, Leben in Holland - vor dem Hintergrund beider Weltkriege und der Judenverfolgung.

[Rita · Rating 2 out of 5]

Vriendelijke en aangrijpende herinneringen van een Joodse Duitse man die in 1936 naar Nederland vlucht. Klein, onsentimenteel boekje.

[Vannessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

A slim book but packs a punch. Autobiography through images about Keilson's life in Germany as war approaches.

[Ross · Rating 5 out of 5]

A dreamlike, stream of memories and sadness. Reminded me of W.G. Sebald.