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开 本: 16开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9781590511817
A fascinating piece of literary detective work about
star-crossed lovers in Nazi Germany.
Rudolf Kaufmann, a young Jewish geologist, met Ingeborg
Magnusson, a young Swedish woman gifted in languages, in Italy in
1935, and the two quickly fell in love. They spent just a few days
together before they had to part. He traveled once to see her in
Stockholm; she went once to Germany. After that they had to make do
with an exchange of letters—ordinary, sad, and dramatic at the same
time—telling the story of a love that blossomed under traumatic
circumstances. Paper Kisses covers the period from 1935 to 1941,
when Rudolf, having fled Nazi Germany for the apparent safety of
Lithuania, was to disappear from view.
Sixty years later, at a stamp auction, author Reinhard Kaiser
bought a packet of envelopes that still held their original
handwritten contents. The tale he discovered on the pages of
Rudolf’s letters to his beloved “Ingelein” immediately captivated
Kaiser. How did such precious personal correspondence end up on the
auctioneer’s table? What became of Ingeborg’s letters to Rudolf?
Did either of the star-crossed lovers survive the war? Kaiser
tracked down photographs, documentary records, and finally living
members of the couple’s families to fill in the gaps of their
story.
In Paper Kisses, Kaiser allows the letters to speak for
themselves, while providing enough historic context to reveal how
remarkable the couple’s loyalty, optimism, and resourcefulness were
against the backdrop of the harrowing events of World War II.
Kaiser’s own fascinating literary detective work frames the
narrative, as he makes one unexpected find after another. Paper
Kisses is both a story of a poignant love affair and a chronicle of
a thrilling investigation.
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