Gotz and Meyer

"A gorgeous work of the imagination about an act of imagination. The tone is pure, as strange as can be, and hypnotizing."Deborah Eisenberg,Bombmagazine The nameless narrator ofGotz and Meyer,a Jewish schoolteacher, discovers Wilhelm Gotz and Erwin Meyer, two noncommissioned SS officers, while researching his family tree. Overwhelmed by the horror of his discoveries as they become entangled with his own feverish imaginings, he organizes a class trip during which the teacher and his students connect with Belgrade's lost souls in a sacred act of remembering. "From two names, Albahari conjures imaginary souls whose lives represent all those whom history has forgotten."San Francisco Chronicle "Ranks with the best of Holocaust literature."Chicago Tribune "Has a resonance beyond its own times."Richard Eder,The Boston Globe DAVID ALBAHARI is the prize-winning author of several collections of short stories and novels. He was for many years the editor-in-chief ofPismo,a magazine of world literature, and lived in Belgrade. He now lives in Calgary, Canada.Albahari, David is the author of 'Gotz and Meyer', published 2006 under ISBN 9780156031103 and ISBN 0156031108.