THE COLLABORATOR

by S.L. Stebel ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 7, 1968

Dotting every umlaut along the route, this again retraces that long stretch between recriminations and reparations on the road back to the German war guilt. Although this time the target is a Jew with a substantial heroic-patriotic record--Ernst Gottliebsohn, an economist, who has served Israel faithfully, now accused of having collaborated with the Germans back in 1939 when he was trying to escape. Ernst can remember nothing: he's a morosely colorless little man who has lived an unencumbered life without paraphernalia or people, except for an occasional visit to an Arab brothel. With the help Of a psychiatrist, Glass, and a return to Cologne where his associations stir certain memories, while the identifications of others (his sister, a friend, etc.) prompt further revelations--the full story is completed and again reversed. . . . A tenacious documentary which relies entirely on the physical properties of the plot since Ernst is inevitably glum and the writing is altogether graceless.

Pub Date: June 7, 1968

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Random House

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 1968

Categories: FICTION