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The god of that summer / Ralf Rothmann ; translated by Shaun Whiteside.
Van Pelt Library PT2678.O84 G6813 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rothmann, Ralf, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Gott jenes Sommers. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Fiction.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--Germany--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction.
- War fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 229 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Picador, 2022.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the German.
- Summary:
- As the Second World War enters its final stages, millions in Germany are forced from their homes by bombing, compelled to seek shelter in the countryside where there are barely the resources to feed them. Twelve-year-old Luisa, her mother, and her older sister Billie have escaped the devastation of the city for the relative safety of a dairy farm. But even here the power struggles of the war play out: the family depend on the goodwill of Luisas brother-in-law, an SS officer, who in expectation of payment turns his attention away from his wife and towards Billie. The God of that Summer tells the devastating story of civilians caught up in the chaos of defeat, of events that might lead a twelve-year-old child to justifiably say: I have experienced everything.
- ISBN:
- 9781529009835
- 1529009839
- OCLC:
- 1298252567
- Publisher Number:
- 99994599651
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