{"product_id":"a-jew-must-die-a-novel-based-on-a-true-story-jacques-chessex","title":"A Jew Must Die: A Novel based on a True Story - Jacques Chessex","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA novel based on a true story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn April 16, 1942, a handful of Swiss Nazis in Payerne lure Arthur Bloch, a Jewish cattle merchant, into an empty stable and kill him with a crowbar. Europe is in flames, but this is Switzerland, and Payerne, a rural market town of butchers and bankers, is more worried about unemployment and local bankruptcies than the fate of nations across the border. Fernand Ischi, leader of the local Nazi cell, blames it all on the town's Jewish population and wants to set an example, thinking the German embassy would be grateful. Ischi's dream of becoming the local \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003egauleiter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is shattered, however, when the milk containers used to dissimulate Bloch's body parts is discovered floating in a lake nearby, leading to his arrest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJacques Chessex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt, is one of Switzerland's greatest authors. He knew the murderers, went to school with their children, and has written a terse, implacable story that has awakened memories in a country that seems to endlessly rediscover dark areas of its past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePraise for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Jew Must Die\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Chessex, our new Flaubert, has no equal when describing horror without flinching, screaming \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003esotto voce\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and exploring guilt in taut prose.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—Le Nouvel Observateur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A masterpiece. Beauty of the world, ubiquity of evil, God's silence, it's all there, delivered like a slap to the face.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLe Point\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A great author explores a nightmare not as anachronistic as it might appear.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eL'Hebdo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBitter Lemon Press 2010, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Depository","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945197793349,"sku":"1027","price":24.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/9997\/3445\/files\/a-jew-must-die-a-novel-based-on-a-true-story-jacques-chessex-jewmustdie-9532208.jpg?v=1777833967","url":"https:\/\/shop.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au\/products\/a-jew-must-die-a-novel-based-on-a-true-story-jacques-chessex","provider":"Sydney Jewish Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}