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Stella (Paperback, Main)
Takis Wurger; Translated by Liesl Schillinger
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R255
R220
Discovery Miles 2 200
Save R35 (14%)
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Ships in 5 - 10 working days
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In 1942, Friedrich, an even-keeled but unworldly young man, arrives
in Berlin from bucolic Switzerland with dreams of becoming an
artist. At a life drawing class, he is hypnotized by the beautiful
model, Kristin, who soon becomes his energetic yet enigmatic guide
to the bustling and cosmopolitan city, escorting him to underground
jazz clubs where they drink cognac, dance and kiss. The war feels
far away to Friedrich, who falls in love with Kristin as they spend
time together in his rooms at the Grand Hotel, but as the months
pass, the mood in the city darkens as the Nazis tighten their hold
on Berlin, terrorizing any who are deemed foes of the Reich. One
day, Kristin comes back to Friedrich's rooms in tears, battered and
bruised. She tells him that her real name is Stella, and that she
is Jewish, passing for Aryan. More disturbing still, she has
troubling connections with the Gestapo that Friedrich does not
fully understand. As Friedrich confronts Stella's unimaginable
choices, he finds himself woefully unprepared for the history he is
living through. Based in part on a real historical character,
Stella sets a tortured love story against the backdrop of wartime
Berlin, and powerfully explores questions of naivete, young love,
betrayal, and the horrors of history.
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Stella (Hardcover)
Takis Wurger; Translated by Liesl Schillinger
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R668
Discovery Miles 6 680
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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From the internationally bestselling author of The Club comes a
gripping historical novel of love and betrayal, set in wartime
Berlin In 1942, Friedrich, an even-keeled but unworldly young man,
arrives in Berlin from bucolic Switzerland with dreams of becoming
an artist. At a life drawing class, he is hypnotized by the
beautiful model, Kristin, who soon becomes his energetic yet
enigmatic guide to the bustling and cosmopolitan city. Kristin
teaches the nai ve Friedrich how to take care of himself in a city
filled with danger, and brings him to an underground jazz club
where they drink cognac, dance, and kiss. The war feels far away to
Friedrich as he falls in love with Kristin, the pair cocooned
inside their palatial rooms at the Grand Hotel, where even
Champagne and fresh fruit can be obtained thanks to the black
market. But as the months pass, the mood in the city darkens yet
further, with the Nazi Party tightening their hold on everyday life
of all Berliners, terrorizing anyone who might be disloyal to the
Reich. Kristin's loyalties are unclear, and she is not everything
she seems, as his realizes when one frightening day she comes back
to Friedrich's hotel suite in tears, battered and bruised. She
tells him an astonishing secret: that her real name is Stella, and
that she is Jewish, passing for Aryan. Fritz comforts her, but he
soon realizes that Stella's control of the situation is rapidly
slipping out of her grasp, and that the Gestapo have an impossible
power over her. As Friedrich confronts Stella's unimaginable
choices, he finds himself woefully unprepared for the history he is
living through. Based in part on a real historical character,
Stella sets a tortured love story against the backdrop of wartime
Berlin, and powerfully explores questions of naivete , young love,
betrayal, and the horrors of history.
A blistering, timely and gripping novel set at Cambridge
University, centring around an all-male dining club for the
privileged and wealthy. Hans Stichler's uncomplicated German
childhood ends abruptly when his aunt invites him to study at
Cambridge, where she teaches. She will ensure his application is
accepted, but in return he must help her investigate an elite
university society, the Pitt Club, which has existed for centuries,
its long legacy of tradition and privilege largely unquestioned.
But there are secrets in the club's history, as well as in its
present, and Hans soon finds himself in the inner sanctum of an
increasingly dangerous institution, forced to grapple with the
notion that sometimes one must do wrong to do right.
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The Club (Paperback, Main)
Charlotte Collins; Takis Wurger
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R402
R323
Discovery Miles 3 230
Save R79 (20%)
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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A blistering, timely and gripping novel set at Cambridge
University, centring around an all-male dining club for the
privileged and wealthy. Hans Stichler's uncomplicated German
childhood ends abruptly when his aunt invites him to study at
Cambridge, where she teaches. She will ensure his application is
accepted, but in return he must help her investigate an elite
university society, the Pitt Club, which has existed for centuries,
its long legacy of tradition and privilege largely unquestioned.
But there are secrets in the club's history, as well as in its
present, and Hans soon finds himself in the inner sanctum of an
increasingly dangerous institution, forced to grapple with the
notion that sometimes one must do wrong to do right.
A blistering, timely and gripping novel set at Cambridge
University, centring around an all-male dining club for the
privileged and wealthy. Hans Stichler's uncomplicated German
childhood ends abruptly when his aunt invites him to study at
Cambridge, where she teaches. She will ensure his application is
accepted, but in return he must help her investigate an elite
university society, the Pitt Club, which has existed for centuries,
its long legacy of tradition and privilege largely unquestioned.
But there are secrets in the club's history, as well as in its
present, and Hans soon finds himself in the inner sanctum of an
increasingly dangerous institution, forced to grapple with the
notion that sometimes one must do wrong to do right.
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Stella (Paperback, Main)
Takis Wurger; Translated by Liesl Schillinger
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R400
R324
Discovery Miles 3 240
Save R76 (19%)
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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In 1942, Friedrich, an even-keeled but unworldly young man, arrives
in Berlin from bucolic Switzerland with dreams of becoming an
artist. At a life drawing class, he is hypnotized by the beautiful
model, Kristin, who soon becomes his energetic yet enigmatic guide
to the bustling and cosmopolitan city, escorting him to underground
jazz clubs where they drink cognac, dance and kiss. The war feels
far away to Friedrich, who falls in love with Kristin as they spend
time together in his rooms at the Grand Hotel, but as the months
pass, the mood in the city darkens as the Nazis tighten their hold
on Berlin, terrorizing any who are deemed foes of the Reich. One
day, Kristin comes back to Friedrich's rooms in tears, battered and
bruised. She tells him that her real name is Stella, and that she
is Jewish, passing for Aryan. More disturbing still, she has
troubling connections with the Gestapo that Friedrich does not
fully understand. As Friedrich confronts Stella's unimaginable
choices, he finds himself woefully unprepared for the history he is
living through. Based in part on a real historical character,
Stella sets a tortured love story against the backdrop of wartime
Berlin, and powerfully explores questions of naivete, young love,
betrayal, and the horrors of history.
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