Publisher's Synopsis
This study of exile is not restricted to literature alone. "Life" is represented by a very personal account of a teenager's experience of exile and his unsuccessful battles with bureaucracy to save his family - a teenager who subsequently achieved renown in the field of exile studies. Another by a study of a mysterious puller of strings in the exile world who outwitted the bureaucrats and helped many people in need, and by new insights into the life of Kurt Hiller, a prominent literary figure whose career was destroyed by some 20 years of exile. Another contribution indicates the rich harvest of material which was collected by Third Reich bureaucrats and is still to be reaped in archives. Two studies deal with new aspects of individual exile works, two specifically with the role of women in exile, one with the German-speaking exiles in Scandinavia and one with the problems of editing the diaries of one of the most famous exiles of all, Thomas Mann.
