An Exclusive Love

Informationen zum Autor Johanna Adorján is editor of the culture section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . This is her first book. Klappentext Vera and Istvßn met at a recital in Budapest in 1940, and from that moment Vera knew that he was the man she would marry. A deep and abiding friendship grew between them. While sifting through the fragments of the family history in an attempt to understand this glamorous and enigmatic couple, their granddaughter Johanna Adorjßn imagines their final day. Amid the family stories and portraits by friends, she dares to give voice to their never-mentioned experiences in the Holocaust and their escape from Hungary during the uprising of 1956. Zusammenfassung One Sunday morning in October, István and his wife Vera start their day as usual. While sifting through the fragments of the family history in an attempt to understand this glamorous and enigmatic couple, their granddaughter Johanna Adorján imagines their final day.

Product details

• Authors: Johanna Adorjan, Johanna Adorján
• Assisted by: Anthea Bell (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.02.2012
• EAN: 9780099552673
• ISBN: 978-0-09-955267-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Liebe : Belletristik (Romane, Erzählungen), Europe, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, HISTORY / Europe / General, Memoirs, LAW / Right to Die, Second World War, The Holocaust, Family & relationships, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Ethical issues: euthanasia and right to die, Ethical Issues: Euthanasia & Right To Die, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust