Pollaks' arm
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Published
New York : New Vessel Press, 2022.
ISBN
195440400X, 9781954404007
Physical Desc
147 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Published
New York : New Vessel Press, 2022.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
195440400X, 9781954404007
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Description
October 16, 1943, inside the Vatican as darkness descends upon Rome. Having been alerted to the Nazi plan to round up the city’s Jewish population the next day, Monsignor F. dispatches an envoy to a nearby palazzo to bring Ludwig Pollak and his family to safety within the papal premises. But Pollak shows himself in no hurry to leave his home and accept the eleventh-hour offer of refuge. Pollak’s visitor is obliged to take a seat and listen as he recounts his life story: how he studied archaeology in Prague, his passion for Italy and Goethe, how he became a renowned antiquities dealer and advisor to great collectors like J. P. Morgan and the Austro-Hungarian emperor after his own Jewishness barred him from an academic career, and finally his spectacular discovery of the missing arm from the majestic ancient sculpture of Laocoön and his sons. Torn between hearing Pollak’s spellbinding tale and the urgent mission to save the archaeologist from certain annihilation, the Vatican’s anxious messenger presses him to make haste and depart.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Von Trotha, H. (2022). Pollaks' arm . New Vessel Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Von Trotha, Hans. 2022. Pollaks' Arm. New Vessel Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Von Trotha, Hans. Pollaks' Arm New Vessel Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Von Trotha, Hans. Pollaks' Arm New Vessel Press, 2022.
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