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Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman

✍ Scribed by Delius, Friedrich Christian

Publisher: Peirene Press
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 117 KB
Category: Fiction
City: Perseus Book Group
ISBN: 1908670010

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✦ Synopsis

A literary masterpiece by one of Germany's most renowned contemporary writers.

Rome one January afternoon in 1943. A young German woman is on her way to listen to a Bach concert at the Lutheran church. Innocent and naïve, the war is for her little more than a day-dream, until she realizes that her husband might never return.

This is a mesmerizing psychological portrait of the human need to safeguard innocence and integrity at any cost - even at the risk of excluding reality.

Why Peirene chose to publish this book: 'I was simply enthralled by the structure of this narrative; a single 117-page long sentence with a beautifully clear rhythm. At the same time it's a compelling and credible description of a ""typical"" young German woman during the Nazi era. If we can relate to her we come close to understanding the forces that were shaping an entire generation.' Meike Ziervogel

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