Reunion by Fred Uhlman (Book Analysis)
Reunion by Fred Uhlman (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Reunion by Fred Uhlman. It provides a thorough exploration of the story’s plot, characters and main themes, including friendship, separation and war. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 22-page reading guide is structured as follows:
- Biography of Fred Uhlman
- Presentation of Reunion
- Summary of Reunion
- Character study
- Hans Schwarz
- Conrad von Hohenfels
- Parents
- Classmates
- Teachers
- Analysis of Reunion
- A narrative without a clear genre
- A friendship influenced by Romanticism
- A small story from a bigger picture
About Reunion
Reunion is situated somewhere between a short story and a novel, and is about the passionate friendship of two teenagers from very different backgrounds in Germany in the late 1930s. The narrator, Hans, is of Jewish origin, while his friend Conrad comes from an illustrious family of German aristocrats. Their story is set against the backdrop of the rise of the Nazi regime and the resulting atrocities, making this book a moving testimony of the suffering endured by Jews at this time, as well as a powerful ode to friendship.
About Fred Uhlman
Fred Uhlman was born in Germany in 1901 to a nonobservant Jewish family. He was disillusioned with religion from an early age, and became disenchanted with his country as well when the First World War broke out when he was in his early teens. He later began working as a lawyer, but then the situation in Germany worsened: tensions between Nazis and Communists increased, anti-Semitism was on the rise, and Adolf Hitler came to power. After leaving for France, then England, Uhlman decided to devote his energies to his two passions: writing and painting. He is known in particular for his autobiography The Making of an Englishman and his novel Reunion.
Product details
ISBN | 9782806270306 |
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Publisher | Plurilingua Publishing |
Collection | BrightSummaries.com |
Format | |
Pages | 22 |
File size | 1.3 MB |