Description
'Beautiful and heartbreaking ... I absolutely loved it' Monica Ali, Sunday Times Bestselling author of Love Marriage ' The whole, biographically inspired family drama tells of the greatest feelings we have: Love, anger, envy and grief ' Meike Schnitzler, Brigitte Maria and Josef live with their children in a valley in westernmost Austria. When the First World War breaks out and Josef is drafted into the army, Maria is left to provide for her family alone. Every day is a struggle against starvation, the harsh alpine climate and the hostile nearby villagers who see Maria as little more than a beautiful temptress out for the men left behind. But when a red-haired stranger arrives in the village, Maria feels happiness seep back into her life and she faces a choice whose consequences will affect the lives of her family for generations to come. Based on the internationally bestselling and award-winning Austrian novelist Monika Helfer's own family history, Last House Before the Mountain is a propulsive, haunting, multi-layered saga about love, family, and the hidden wages of war.
| EAN: | 9781526657145 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 09.11.2023 |
| Produktform: | Kartoniert |
| Beilage: | Paperback |
| Autoren: | Helfer, Monika |
| Übersetzung: | Davidson, Gillian |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 175 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Historical / World War I |
| Keyword: | WW1 World War 1 Austria First World War Historical Fiction Autofiction Based on a true story; international bestseller internationally bestselling award prize winning author critically acclaimed; forbidden love family saga generational trauma grief doomed love; alpine mountain village forest poverty starvation snow |
| Fachschema: | Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Österreichische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Weltkrieg 1914/18 / Roman, Erzählung~Beziehung (psychologisch, sozial) |
| Fachkategorie: | Familienleben~Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik~Ratgeber: Familie und Partnerschaft, Kriegsromane: Erster Weltkrieg |
| Zeitraum: | c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period) |
| Text Sprache: | eng |
| Verlag: | Bloomsbury UK |
| Länge: | 198 mm |
| Breite: | 132 mm |
| Höhe: | 15 mm |
| Gewicht: | 140 gr |
| Genre: | Importe |