DAVID, Anthony << back to list Anthony David, a native of New Mexico, is a professor at Al Quds University in East Jerusalem. He has written a number of biographies. Amos Elon, writing in the New York Review of Books, described his first book on Gershom Schocken, The Patron, as a “fascinating biography of a remarkable German-Jewish tycoon.” His biography of Sari Nusseibeh, Once Upon A Country, was described by the New York Times as ”one of the best personal accounts of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ever written.” His most recent book, about an American-Israeli arms smuggler and dealer, will appear with Bantam Books in 2010. Bibliography & Foreign sales THE INFERNOS OF DR. ARNO STOLZ (fiction) 2009 English language proposal available In 2002, a suitcase full of glass plate negatives dating back to the 1920’s and 30’s is found under a bed in Jerusalem. The only clues to the photographer’s identity are the dates given to the photos, and their bizarre titles. With the help of a 100-year-old Italian Jesuit monk, the author unravels the mystery of the photographer and uncovers an explosive tale of betrayal, murder, and madness – and one man’s stubborn belief in himself and in the redemptive power of empathy. By 1930, the philosopher Dr. Arno Stolz, a Benedictine monk, artist and adventurer, has spent much of the last ten years traveling by horseback through the wild deserts and mountains of Palestine. His life – and his art – change forever when the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem sends him as his emissary on a mission back to Stolz’s native Germany. In Bavaria, Stolz discovers how deeply the rot of Nazism has penetrated the mind and spirit of his brother and “K” his closest friend. Unbeknownst to Stolz, ”K” is working as a spy for the infamous Reinhart Heydrich. During his sojourn in Germany, Stolz connects deeply with the stigmatic and clairvoyant Therese Neuman, and with her unlikely disciple, the journalist Fritz Gerlich. Stolz vows to help in their mission to stop Hitler. But Gerlich is murdered by Heydrich’s men, and Neuman’s visions turn darker and more violent. Reeling from shock and a sense of abysmal failure, Stolz meets Edith Stein, the Jewish-Catholic philosopher and nun, who shows him the transformative power of love and compassion in the face of horror. Stolz returns to Palestine and with his camera, he explores the subjects of guilt, pain, and redemption. The outbreak of World War II, Edith Stein’s murder at Auschwitz, and civil war in Palestine force him to confront himself and his faith.