In this novella and short stories by the much praised author of HEADS, Alan Goldfein carries us through the adventures of American Jews in today's Germany, a land stil haunted by yesterday's Germany. In Deutschland on business, or by marriage, or seeking something lost, these "visitors" share a shadowed chord with the natives, even in moments of comedy, exuberance and hope: A young man dances with a Fräulein at a Maipole celebration; a Jewish musicologist is joined on the Berlin subway by a skinhead; a reconciliation group is shattered by a shocking revelation. Dopplegängers abound in these compassionate and lyrical portrayals of strained reunion. JEWS AND GERMANS, GERMANS AND JEWS is a work of great power and original sensibility.