{"product_id":"an-admirable-woman-arthur-a-cohen-9781968671358","title":"An Admirable Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A novel of clarity and valor that explores the inmost lining of intellectual fame . . . Wherein the power of a singular mind grows into wisdom and wisdom into heroism.\" --Cynthia Ozick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction: A captivating portrait of a courageous anti-authoritarian thinker living in exile, inspired by the life story of Hannah Arendt.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErika Hertz is a Berlin-born Jewish intellectual who, with her art historian husband Martens, fled Nazi Germany for New York. It was Martens's impressive reputation that won them their sanctuary, but it's Erika who's supported them with her journalism. In the years since, she's cemented her own reputation as a leading culture historian and the fêted author of the internationally-acclaimed tomes \u003ci\u003eThe Travail of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn Cruelty\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the life story of Hannah Arendt--whose landmark \u003ci\u003eOrigins of Totalitarianism\u003c\/i\u003e (1951) Arthur Cohen published in its first paperback edition--\u003ci\u003eAn Admirable Woman\u003c\/i\u003e won the 1983 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. \"A fascinating piece of scholarship in its own right\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), it's a tribute to Arendt and her fellow European thinkers displaced by Fascism, and a celebration of the extraordinary impact they had on American cultural life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition, featuring a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winner Joshua Cohen, offers readers an all-too-timely portrait of moral courage in the face of authoritarianism, virulent bigotry, and state-sponsored violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arthur A. Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1968671358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781968671358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McNally Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Arthur A. Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852688797951,"sku":"9781968671358","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-admirable-woman-arthur-a-cohen-9781968671358","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}