Darkenbloom / Eva Menasse ; translated by Charlotte Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Menasse, Eva, author.

Contributor:

Collins, Charlotte, 1967- translator.

Standardized Title:

Dunkelblum. English.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Massacres--Austria--Fiction.

Massacres.

Nazis--Austria--Fiction.

Nazis.

Jews--Persecutions--Austria--Fiction.

Jews.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

xii, 466 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

Australian edition.

Place of Publication:

Brunswick, Victoria ; Minneapolis, Minnesota : Scribe Publications, 2024.

Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Summary:

It's 1989, and in a small town on the Austria-Hungary border, nobody talks about the war; the older residents pretend not to remember, and the younger ones are too busy making plans to leave. The walls are thin, the curtains twitch, there is a face at every window, and everyone knows what they are not supposed to say. But as thousands of East German refugees mass at the border, it seems that the past is knocking on Darkenbloom's door. Still, though, nobody talks about the war. Until a mysterious visitor shows up asking questions. Until townspeople start receiving threatening letters and even disappearing. Until a body is found.

Notes:

"First published in German as Dunkelblum in 2021" --Title page verso.

ISBN:

9781922585486

1922585483

9781914484407

1914484401

9781964992044

1964992044

OCLC:

1484708500