{"product_id":"the-trap-ludovic-bruckstein-9781912545315","title":"The Trap","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Trap\u003c\/i\u003e \u0026amp;\u003ci\u003e The Rag Doll\u003c\/i\u003e are two novellas by the Romanian writer \u003cb\u003eLudovic Bruckstein\u003c\/b\u003e, that have remained undiscovered for many years. Both narratives are concerned with extraordinary stories of survival and struggle within the multicultural Transylvanian region during the time of Nazi occupation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Trap\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Ernest, a young Jewish student from Sighet, who went into hiding in the mountains surrounding the town, when anti-Semitic persecutions began. From his hiding places he witnessed the fate of the Jewish population of the town until they are all sent away, in May 1944, in four long cattle-train transports to Auschwitz. Shortly thereafter, the Russian soldiers 'liberate' the town, and Ernest eagerly returns to his parent's house. However the Russians, suspicious of a young man that suddenly appears in town, out of nowhere, arrest him and exile him to a prisoner camp in Siberia! Critics saw in this last novel of his an allegorical rendering of the situation of many Jews, who, like himself, after World-War II, readily joined the \"World-Wide Communist Revolution\" to avenge the atrocities of Nazism, only to find themselves trapped in cruel, dictatorial regimes that became suspicious of them and refused to allow their assimilation and integration, quite like the regimes before the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ludovic Bruckstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912545314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912545315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Istros Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.46d","brand":"Ludovic Bruckstein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44761358631167,"sku":"9781912545315","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7909be66-0b64-4b6f-a074-5ab93210e83d.jpg?v=1706681104","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-trap-ludovic-bruckstein-9781912545315","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}