{"product_id":"not-i-joachim-c-fest-9781590516102","title":"Not I: Memoirs of a German Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Books Review'\u003c\/i\u003es 100 Notable Books of 2014 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA portrait of an intellectually rigorous German household opposed to the Nazis and how its members suffered for their political stance \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFew writers have deepened our understanding of the Third Reich as much as German historian, biographer, journalist, and critic Joachim Fest. His biography of Adolf Hitler has reached millions of readers around the world. Born in 1926, Fest experienced firsthand the rise of the Nazis, the Second World War, and a catastrophically defeated Germany, thus becoming a vital witness to these difficult years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this memoir of his childhood and youth, Fest offers a far-reaching view of how he experienced the war and National Socialism. True to the German \u003ci\u003eBildung \u003c\/i\u003etradition, Fest grows up immersed in the works of Goethe, Schiller, M rike, Rilke, Kleist, Mozart, and Beethoven. His father, a conservative Catholic teacher, opposes the Nazi regime and as a result loses his job and status. Fest is forced to move to a boarding school in the countryside that he despises, and in his effort to come to terms with his father's strong political convictions, he embarks on a tireless quest for knowledge and moral integrity that will shape the rest of his life and writing career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joachim C. Fest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1590516109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590516102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.62h x 5.50w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/02\/2014 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/09\/2014 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/07\/2014 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/07\/2014 pg. 28","brand":"Joachim C. Fest","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938461548799,"sku":"9781590516102","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f89af0d5-b6f0-41d9-a823-1a5a2f019ecf.jpg?v=1681435824","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-i-joachim-c-fest-9781590516102","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}