by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor · Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253154341
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«Jour sans retour» is the historical novel by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (347 pages, in French).
The narrative follows Karl Hoffmann, a young Lutheran pastor who flees Nazi Germany after years of persecution. Settled in the United States, his fortitude contrasts with the fear of other refugees; the account, presented as a real testimony, explores the clergy's resistance to totalitarianism and the possibility of finding freedom in extreme circumstances.
This edition was published in 2003. Original title: Day of No Return. With translation by Laurent Bury and epilogue by Brigitte Krulic. Collection Littérature & Documents.
It will appeal to those seeking testimonies about resistance to Nazism and the Second World War.
Kathrine Kressmann Taylor or Kressmann Taylor was an American writer, known mostly for her Address Unknown (1938), a short novel written as a series of letters between a Jewish art dealer, living in San Francisco, and his business partner, who had returned to Germany in 1932. It is credited with exposing, early on, the dangers of Nazism to the American public.
