The Search for M

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France (Denoel), Bulgaria (Elias Canetti Society), Israel (Zmora Bitan)

Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: English world rights (Ariadne Press), Italy (La Giuntina)


The Search for M / Suche nach M
»The plot of The Search for M revolves around the lives in contemporary Vienna of two generations of European Jews, the survivors of the Holocaust and their children.


Members of the first generation of survivors, their own sense of identity severely undermined by history, are capable of passing on to their offspring only a very fragile sense of worth and belonging. The lives of two main characters of the second generation illustrate the result of this legacy. Dani Morgenthau's...
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»The plot of The Search for M revolves around the lives in contemporary Vienna of two generations of European Jews, the survivors of the Holocaust and their children.


Members of the first generation of survivors, their own sense of identity severely undermined by history, are capable of passing on to their offspring only a very fragile sense of worth and belonging. The lives of two main characters of the second generation illustrate the result of this legacy. Dani Morgenthau's sense of self boundaries is so weak that he suffers as an adult from a pathological compulsion to claim the guilt of criminals. Arieh Arthur Bein exploits a similar psychological defect in his work as an agent for the Israeli secret service. With only the barest of evidence to go on, he seeks out and exposes enemies of the Israeli state, setting them up for the assassin's bullet. The novel reaches for at least a tentative resolution when the lives of these two figures intersect.« (book description of the English edition published by Ariadne Press)

1997, 268 pages
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Doron Rabinovici, born in Tel Aviv in 1961, is a writer, essayist and historian. He has been living in Vienna since 1964 and has been awarded numerous literature prizes.
Doron Rabinovici, born in Tel Aviv in 1961, is a writer, essayist and historian. He has been living in Vienna since 1964 and has been awarded...

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Rights sold to:

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Rights sold to:

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