A Jewish art dealer working in San Francisco, Max writes frequently to his former business partner, Martin, who has returned to Germany. The year is 1932, and Adolf Hitler is coming to power. As Jewish people are publicly threatened, the letters become acts of subversion—but they put Martin in great danger. Originally published in Story Magazine in 1938, this short novel by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor (1903-96) is a powerful and eloquent tale about the consequences of a friendship—and society—poisoned by extremism.