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The Luck of the Weissensteiners (Paperback)
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The Luck of the Weissensteiners (Paperback)
Series: The Three Nations Trilogy, 1
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In the sleepy town of Bratislava in 1933 a romantic girl falls for
a bookseller from Berlin. Greta Weissensteiner, daughter of a
Jewish weaver, slowly settles in with the Winkelmeier clan just as
the developments in Germany start to make waves in Europe. The
political climate in the multifaceted cultural jigsaw puzzle of
disintegrating Czechoslovakia becomes more complex and affects
relations between the couple and the families. The story follows
their lot through the war with its predictable and also its
unexpected turns and events and the equally hard times after. From
the moment that Greta Weissensteiner enters the bookstore where
Wilhelm Winkelmeier works, and entrances him with her good looks
and serious ways, I was hooked. But this is no ordinary romance; in
tact it is not a romance at all, but a powerful, often sad,
Holocaust story. What makes The Luck of the Weissensteiners so
extraordinary is the chance Christoph Fischer gives his readers to
consider the many different people who were never in concentration
camps, never in the military, yet who nonetheless had their own
indelible Holocaust experiences. Set in the fascinating area of
Bratislava, this is a wide-ranging, historically accurate
exploration of the connections between social location, personal
integrity and, as the title says, luck. I cared about every one of
this novel's characters and continued to think about them long
after I'd finished reading. -- Andrea Steiner, University of
California Santa Cruz The Luck of the Weissensteiners is an epic
saga set in wartime Eastern Europe. It follows the lives of two
families - one Jewish, one Catholic - and their entwined survival
amidst the backdrop of the second world war; first the fascist then
the communist invasion and occupation of Slovakia, and the horror
of the consequences of war. The reader is transported to a world of
deception, fear, distrust and betrayal, alongside enduring love and
family drama. The characters are vividly painted in the mind of the
reader as we follow their journey across Europe at a time of
unimaginable challenge and trauma. Weissensteiners is a magnificent
tale of human survival. I wish I hadn't read it already so that I
may repeat the pleasure of discovering and becoming lost in the
story once again.(less)
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Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
The Three Nations Trilogy, 1 |
Release date: |
December 2012 |
First published: |
December 2012 |
Authors: |
Christoph Fischer
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
382 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4811-3033-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
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LSN: |
1-4811-3033-1 |
Barcode: |
9781481130332 |
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