Cover of The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H.

The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H.

First published 1982

About the book

The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H. is a 1981 literary and philosophical novella by George Steiner. The story is about Jewish Nazi hunters who find a fictional Adolf Hitler (A.H.) alive in the Amazon jungle thirty years after the end of World War II. The book was controversial, particularly among reviewers and Jewish scholars, because the author allows Hitler to defend himself when he is put on trial in the jungle by his captors. There Hitler maintains that Israel owes its existence to the Holocaust and that he is the “benefactor of the Jews”.

Prizes

  1. 1983 Finalist

About the author

George Steiner, 1929–2020, United States.

Subjects

Catalogue record

Author
Steiner, George, 1929–2020
Statement
The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H. / George Steiner.

Book facts

ISBN
978-0-571-11741-3
4 more ISBNs
  • 978-0-671-44571-3
  • 978-0-226-77235-6
  • 978-0-671-46832-3
  • 978-0-226-66757-7
Records
Open Library Wikidata

Catalogue data checked 3 October 2026