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A mesmerizing novel of collateral damage, power games, and the brutal ingenuity of human cruelty in Germany overshadowed by the threat of the First World War.
In the autumn of 1913, Bavarian accountant Izak Fasch discovers a strange hole in his backyard that brings back haunting memories of the past. Close to his home, Major General von Dustermann’s chemical factory is spewing ammonia slag into the ground and spreading its roots beneath the town.
After falling unhappily in love with Ilse, the charming young wife of an elderly major-general, Izak winds up in the company of an industrialist in Berlin in the last moments of the belle époque. As the mysteries buried in the past inevitably unfold, Izak experiences the darkness of the human condition first hand, but he also witnesses a glimmer of sincere goodness and love. Nonetheless, in the end no one is spared from life’s merciless game and the scythe of fate cannot be dodged.
Izak is a rich, traditional novel, with cleverly constructed scenes, charming settings, and tragicomic characters that transport the reader into the chaotic, colourful madness of Europe one hundred years ago.
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