In the idyllic Austrian resort town of Badenheim, summer guests revel in the music, theater, and romance of the season. As the days unfold, an unsettling bureaucracy descends, issuing decrees and restrictions that gradually isolate and imprison them. Aharon Appelfeld’s “Badenheim 1939” (ISBN: 9780241681183) masterfully portrays the insidious rise of tyranny and the chilling indifference of a community facing its doom. Experience this haunting allegory of the Holocaust with Appelfeld’s subtle prose and unforgettable characters.