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A Mass for Arras
Published by Diogenes as Eine Messe für die Stadt Arras
Original Title: Msza za miasto Arras
In 1461, Jan enthusiastically participates in the persecution of the Jews and witches blamed for an outbreak of plague and famine, but the burgeoning violence threatens Jan himself as he faces choices that have allegorical links to contemporary issues.
»Gripping and persuasive…About the forces now raging in the former Yugoslavia and Soviet Union, Mr. Szczypiorski seems to have shown prescience.«
The New York Times Book Review
»A thought-provoking meditation on the human tendency to find meaning in suffering by blaming others and to pervert ideals to base means…Simply, elegantly, and yet with great power, Szczypiorski lays out the dangers of a worldview clearly reminiscent of Eastern Europe before the fall of communism.«
Library Journal