Hi Denizens of SF Written,
"A Man Lies Dreaming" by Lavie Tidhar
Well I read this in the last couple of years and lost my notes in a
recent mishap. But talking about the stories where the Axis Powers
won WW II this is a book where Adoph Hitler did not get into power
instead losing to the Communist Party in 1932. Hitler ends up in
exile in London. Since I lost my notes I will put next what I found
on line:<
https://journals.openedition.org/td/22865>
It is an alternate history but unlike most others of the genre:
here it is not the victory of Nazism in the world (or the US, like in
Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America, or in Great-Britain, like in
Len Deighton”s SS-GB), but the defeat of the national-socialist party
in the 1933 elections. The communists won and installed an equally
harsh terror regime, without targeting the Jews. In England, however,
Fascist politician Oswald Mosley is about to become prime-minister
and anti-Semitism has become mainstream. Hitler, now going by the
name Wolf, has managed to escape from Germany and leads an
anonymous life in poverty as an unsuccessful private detective in London.
One note: the man who lies dreaming is a Jewish man in
a concentration camp. His appearance are not frequent but telling.
Well I do not know why he points out Wolf as an unsuccesful private detective. Certainly it is due to his successful attempt to locate a
woman's
sister that he is nearly beaten to death. But since he out of power his old friends are ignoring him as much as they can. The ending is very ironic.
I found it quite readable and if you see it about I recommend it.
bliss
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