SIMONE SIMON A Novel by LION FEUCHTWANGER Translated by G. A. Hermann New York THE VIKING PRESS 1944 "Love and renunciation, treachery and patriotism are woven by Feuchtwanger into a fabric that is singularly tense and affecting. The starightforward narrative of Simone and the legend of Joan of Arc merge imperceptibly, as the fate of the one clarifies for the other her mission and dstiny. Feuchtwanger has sketched in this novel a tale that is seemingly simple and naive. But behind the story of Simone there is the far greater story of France, and though the author never states it, no reader will Miss the heart-lifting parallel. The story of Simone, of Joan of Arc, is everlasting and ever true."
Author
Lion Feuchtwanger was a German Jewish emigre. A renowned novelist and playwright who fled Europe during World War II and lived in Los Angeles from 1941 until his death. A fierce critic of the Nazi regime years before it assumed power precipitated his departure, after a brief internment in France, from Europe. He and his wife Marta obtained asylum in the United States in 1941 and remained there in exile until they died.
