{"product_id":"gods-horse-and-the-atheists-wilhelm-dichter-9780810127937","title":"God's Horse and the Atheists' School","description":"Wilhelm Dichter's autobiographical novels, \u003ci\u003eGod's Horse\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Atheists' School, \u003c\/i\u003e have been translated into English for the first time and are presented here in a single volume. From the gradually maturing perspective of the narrator, a Polish Jewish youngster, they recount the harrowing tale of his family's struggle to survive the Holocaust and their privileged post-Holocaust lives as members of Poland's political elite. \u003ci\u003eGod's Horse\u003c\/i\u003e depicts the sudden reversal of victim status that occurred when, in the postwar period, the hidden Jewish child became a little Red prince, thanks to his stepfather, a Jewish rising star in the communist regime. \u003ci\u003eThe Atheists' School, \u003c\/i\u003e the sequel, follows the narrator through the years of high Stalinism into young adulthood and depicts the tensions between dedicated Jewish communists, some of whom join the elite, and Jews who are convinced that the Jews in Poland will inevitably be victimized again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In spare, precise prose, Dichter brings to life the tensions between ideologues and pragmatists, Polish patriots and their Soviet masters. These evocative novels also provide a psychologically persuasive and profoundly moving portrait of the narrator. The author's alter ego, supported by his stalwart and overly indulgent mother, possesses the tenacity to transform himself from an awkward, traumatized child survivor into an unsettled but eventually independent-minded young man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilhelm Dichter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810127938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810127937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.05w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2012","brand":"Wilhelm Dichter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072799273215,"sku":"9780810127937","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3018c6a1-e1e0-4190-9ee1-bfa700771cc8.jpg?v=1685444005","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gods-horse-and-the-atheists-wilhelm-dichter-9780810127937","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}