The Promised Land
Erich Maria Remarque, Michael Hofmann · 1970 · book
A dreamlike, powerfully moving account of an emigrant's experience of New York during World War II. From the detention center on Ellis Island, Ludwig Somner looks across a small stretch of water to the glittering towers of New York, which whisper seductively of freedom after so many years of wandering through a perilous, suffering Europe. Remarque's final novel, left unfinished at his death, tells of the precarious life of the refugee – life lived in hotel lobbies, on false passports, the s…
