by Stefanie Zweig · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783596505500
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«Der Traum vom Paradies. Jubiläums-Edition» is the novel by Stefanie Zweig, published by Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt, in paperback (317 pages, in German).
Set in Frankfurt, the novel interweaves a love story between a student and a Jewish paediatrician with questions about faith, identity and conversion. It depicts the pulse of German urban life and the weight of Jewish tradition.
The cover bears the subtitle «Roman»; it appeared in 2002 in the Fischer Taschenbuch catalogue with ISBN-10 359650550X.
For readers of German fiction seeking urban stories with a Jewish cultural background and identity conflicts.
Stefanie Zweig was a German Jewish writer and journalist. She is best known for her autobiographical novel, Nirgendwo in Afrika (1995), which was a bestseller in Germany. The novel is based on her early life in Kenya, where her family had fled to escape persecution in Nazi Germany. The film adaptation of the novel (2001) won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Her books have sold more than seven million copies, and have been translated into fifteen languages.
