The Jew's Beech
Author: Droste-Hulshoff, Annette Von
ISBN: 9781847499189
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 30 Jul 2024
Pages: 101 Format: Paperback / softback
Based on a true story, The Jew's Beech centres on two brutal murders in rural Westphalia the first of a local forester and the second of a Jewish moneylender near a beech tree and the impact these events have on the life of Friedrich Mergel, a local herdsman with a turbulent family history.
A prototype of the murder mystery and a thoughtful examination of village society, this intriguing novella contains hints of the Gothic and the uncanny ominous thunderstorms, mysterious disappearances, eerie doppelgangers and grisly discoveries in the depths of the forest as well as a famously ambiguous climax.
ISBN: 9781847499189
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 30 Jul 2024
Pages: 101 Format: Paperback / softback
Based on a true story, The Jew's Beech centres on two brutal murders in rural Westphalia the first of a local forester and the second of a Jewish moneylender near a beech tree and the impact these events have on the life of Friedrich Mergel, a local herdsman with a turbulent family history.
A prototype of the murder mystery and a thoughtful examination of village society, this intriguing novella contains hints of the Gothic and the uncanny ominous thunderstorms, mysterious disappearances, eerie doppelgangers and grisly discoveries in the depths of the forest as well as a famously ambiguous climax.
