In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

图书标准信息

• 作者 Erik Larson 著
• 出版社 Broadway
• 出版时间 2012-05
• ISBN 9780307408853
• 定价 100.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 480页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

"Larsonisamarvelouswriter...superbatcreatingcharacterswithafewshortstrokes."—NewYorkTimesBookReview??ErikLarsonhasbeenwidelyacclaimedasamasterofnarrativenon-fiction,andinhisnewbook,thebestsellingauthorofDevilintheWhiteCityturnshishandtoaremarkablestorysetduringHitler’srisetopower.?Thetimeis1933,theplace,Berlin,whenWilliamE.DoddbecomesAmerica’sfirstambassadortoHitler’sGermanyinayearthatprovedtobeaturningpointinhistory.?Amild-manneredprofessorfromChicago,Doddbringsalonghiswife,son,andflamboyantdaughter,Martha.AtfirstMarthaisentrancedbythepartiesandpomp,andthehandsomeyoungmenoftheThirdReichwiththeirinfectiousenthusiasmforrestoringGermanytoapositionofworldprominence.Enamoredofthe"NewGermany,"shehasoneaffairafteranother,includingwiththesuprisinglyhonorablefirstchiefoftheGestapo,RudolfDiels.ButasevidenceofJewishpersecutionmounts,confirmedbychillingfirst-persontestimony,herfathertelegraphshisconcernstoalargelyindifferentStateDepartmentbackhome.DoddwatcheswithalarmasJewsareattacked,thepressiscensored,anddraftsoffrighteningnewlawsbegintocirculate.Asthatfirstyearunfoldsandtheshadowsdeepen,theDoddsexperiencedaysfullofexcitement,intrigue,romance—andultimately,horror,whenaclimacticspasmofviolenceandmurderrevealsHitler’struecharacterandruthlessambition.?Suffusedwiththetenseatmosphereoftheperiod,andwithunforgettableportraitsofthebizarreG?ringandtheexpectedlycharming--yetwhollysinister--Goebbels,IntheGardenofBeastslendsastunning,eyewitnessperspectiveoneventsastheyunfoldinrealtime,revealinganeraofsurprisingnuanceandcomplexity.Theresultisadazzling,addictivelyreadableworkthatspeaksvolumesaboutwhytheworlddidnotrecognizethegravethreatposedbyHitleruntilBerlin,andEurope,wereawashinbloodandterror.

【作者简介】

ERIKLARSONistheauthorofthenationalbestsellersThunderstruck,TheDevilintheWhiteCity,andIsaac'sStorm.ErikLarsonBooks.com