Friedrich Christian Delius

Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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

THE GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2010

"The book's last paragraph, overtly expressing nothing more than the young woman's intention to write a letter, is one of the most moving conclusions I've ever read." Nick Lezard, The Guardian

"What a superb translation. This extraordinary and eloquent novella, a true tour de force, has made me long to find more of Delius's work straightway." Miranda Seymour, author

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peirene Press
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781908670014
• Artikelnr.: 38449018

Autorenporträt

Friedrich Christian Delius is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary German writers. He was born in 1943 and lives in Berlin and Rom. His first poetry collection appeared in 1965. Since then he has published 14 novels, 5 poetry collections and has recently written the libretto for the opera Prospero by Luca Lombardi. His books have been translated into 17 languages. In May 2011 Friedrich Christian Delius won the most prestigious German literary award, the Georg-Buechner Prize.