Description
In this provocative alternate history, the Jewish state is established not in the Middle East but in the Soviet-occupied territory of East Germany, creating a nation shaped by the aftermath of the Holocaust, Cold War politics, and unresolved questions of belonging. Decades later, a filmmaker travels to Judenstaat to investigate its complicated past and the forces threatening its carefully constructed national story. Blending political intrigue, historical speculation, and intimate human drama, the novel explores memory, identity, nationalism, and the ways societies rewrite history to survive. It is an imaginative and unsettling meditation on what might have been—and on the costs of building a homeland from trauma.
Available Editions
paperback
Macmillan
Published Jun 21, 2016
321 pages
ISBN: 9780765382962
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Details
First Published
2016
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Judenstaat by Simone Zelitch.