Flight to Afar

Alfred Andersch

Original title: Sansibar

earliest edition we have, 1971 Toby Press, 2004 paperback 170 pages

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"A boy dreaming of Huckleberry Finn, a pastor, a seaman, a disillusioned Communist, a young Jewish girl running for her life - these five meet in a Baltic fishing village and are drawn into a daring plan of escape from Nazi Germany. Unusual in both its form and content, this novel is a masterpiece of condensed dramatic writing. Alfred Andersch investigates the many needs for flight and the strange loyalties which som...

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Flight to Afar paperback · 2004 · Toby Press · 170 pages · 9781592640744
Sansibar edition · 1987 · Nelson · 208 pages
Flight to afar edition · 1971 · Cedric Chivers Ltd. · 192 pages

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