Doris Orgel — The Devil in Vienna

New York, The Dial Press, 1979. Cloth. Signed edition of Orgel's eminent semi-autobiographical work about the unlikely friendship between two young girls in 1938 Vienna. Second printing.In publisher's original red cloth binding. With clipped dust wrapper.Signed by the author with dedication to rear of half-title page.Winner of the 1998 Phoenix Award, this book draws from the author's own experience fleeing Austria to escape persecution from the Nazis. Born in Vienna and raised Jewish, Orgel and her family emigrated to America in 1938 when she was just nine years old. Before writing The Devil in Vienna Orgel published a range of books, including award-winning English translations of German children's stories. She describes The Devil in Vienna as "probably the central book of my career".The story is set in 1938 Vienna and follows the unlikely frienship between two young girls, one Jewish and one a member of the Hitler Youth. In publisher's original red cloth binding. With clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart with only slight shelf wear and faint marking to the back board. Shelf wear to dust wrapper, including closed tear to front of wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Signed with dedication from author to rear of half-title page. Pages very bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Very Good Indeed.