by Jurek Becker · Suhrkamp Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783518188156
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«Jakob der Lügner» is the novel by Jurek Becker in the Suhrkamp BasisBibliothek collection, published by Suhrkamp Verlag in paperback (352 pages, in German).
During World War II, in a Polish ghetto, Jakob Heym accidentally overhears news about the advance of the Red Army. To give his neighbors hope, he tells them and pretends to have a radio, which forces him to keep up the lie. The novel reflects on truth, illusion and everyday resistance amid the horror.
Number 15 in the Suhrkamp BasisBibliothek collection; includes the novel's text and a commentary by Thomas Kraft, with bibliographical references.
Edition aimed at students of German and school reading, with supporting material for studying Holocaust narrative.
Jurek Becker was a Polish-born German writer, screenwriter and East German dissident. His most famous novel is Jacob the Liar, which has been made into two films. He lived in Łódź during World War II for about two years and survived the Holocaust.
