A prophetic 1934 novel has found a surprising second life – it holds lessons for us all | Charlotte Higgins Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross was written and set during the rise of nazism. It shows both how extremism takes hold, and the moral certainty needed to resist it, says the Guardian’s chief culture write...

“Carson shows us how extremism, when it takes hold, provides these young men with purpose…It also provides them with a set of people – leftwingers and Jews – to hate, to blame, to punish and, quite quickly, to beat and to kill.” #SallyCarson #CrookedCross

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A prophetic 1934 novel has found a surprising second life – it holds lessons for us all | Charlotte Higgins Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross was written and set during the rise of nazism. It shows both how extremism takes hold, and the moral certainty needed to resist it, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

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A prophetic 1934 #novel has found a surprising second life – it holds lessons for us all
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Sally Carson’s #CrookedCross was written and set during the rise of #nazism It shows both how extremism takes hold, and the moral certainty needed to resist it

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The Nineteen-Thirties Novel That’s Become a Surprise Hit in the U.K. Set in a small village in the Bavarian Alps, Sally Carson’s “Crooked Cross” presents an eerily familiar portrait of the rise of fascism.

📖 The Nineteen-Thirties #Novel That’s Become a Surprise Hit in the #UK.

Set in a small village in the Bavarian Alps, #SallyCarson ’s #CrookedCross presents an eerily familiar portrait of the rise of #fascism.

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‎Crooked Cross Crooked Cross is at its heart a love story, but it is a…

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Crooked Cross At its heart a love story, CROOKED CROSS is also an extraordinarily prescient account of the rise of the Nazi regime in Germany seen through the eyes of the fictional Kluger family.

What an extraordinary book! Written in 1934, shows how Nazi policies crept softly in with devastating consequences. Poignant description of the 20th century, stark warning for the 21st 😢
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It’s a simply astounding read and is my book of the year so far!

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Rediscovered, a young English novelist’s warning of the Nazi threat — Guardian US Crooked Cross, Sally Carson’s ‘electrifying masterpiece’ from 1934, to be republished

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