Jurek Becker

Jurek Becker (1937-1997) is best known for his novel Jacob the Liar, which follows the life of a man who, like Becker, lived in the Łódź ghetto during the German occupation of Poland in World War II. Throughout his career, Becker also wrote nonfiction, and the essays, lectures, and interviews collected in My Father, the Germans and I share a...