Pardon of St Anne

Working as a news photographer in 30s Berlin, Walther Klinger becomes - by a vicious twist of fate - a society photographer for the new aristocracy of the Nazi party. Walther's complicity makes him increasingly cynical and guilty, so that - for him - the coming of war is almost a relief. In a lonely Brittany farmhouse, just before the Allied invasion, Klinger meets Julia. They begin an affair and, against the background of the horrors and normalities of the Occupation, Walther attempts to make a refuge for himself and Julia. THE PARDON OF ST ANNE is about how he succeeds, triumphantly and tragically.

Summary

Working as a news photographer in 30s Berlin, Walther Klinger becomes - by a vicious twist of fate - a society photographer for the new aristocracy of the Nazi party. Walther's complicity makes him increasingly cynical and guilty, so that - for him - the coming of war is almost a relief.

Product details

• Authors: William Palmer
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.02.2013
• EAN: 9780099584292
• ISBN: 978-0-09-958429-2
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Berlin, Historical romance, France, Second World War fiction, FICTION / Historical / World War II, Germany, Modern and contemporary fiction, 1933–1945 (National Socialist period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Brittany