The jump artist
Title:
The jump artist
Author:
Ratner, Austin
ISBN:
9780241961391
Publication Information:
London : Penguin Books, 2013
Physical Description:
ix, 270 p. ; 20 cm
General Note:
Originally published: New York: Bellevue Literary, 2009; London: Viking, 2012.
Abstract:
Austria, 1928. A murder trial sends shockwaves across Europe. An unknown young man named Philippe Halsman stands unjustly accused of killing his father. Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud and Thomas Mann are moved to speak out on his behalf. But as he fights to prove his innocence, a whole nation turns against him.
Subject:
| Halsman, Philippe -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Fiction |
| Antisemitism -- Austria -- Fiction |
| National socialism -- Austria -- Fiction |
| Photographers -- Fiction |
| Austria -- Fiction |
| Biographical fiction |
| Historical fiction |
Summary:
Austria, 1928. A murder trial sends shockwaves across Europe. An unknown young man named Philippe Halsman stands unjustly accused of killing his father. Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud and Thomas Mann are moved to speak out on his behalf. But as he fights to prove his innocence, a whole nation turns against him.