Let Me Go

Informationen zum Autor Shaun Whiteside is an award-winning translator from French, German, Italian and Dutch. His most recent translations from German include Aftermath by Harald Jähner, To Die in Spring by Ralf Rothmann, Swansong 1945 by Walter Kempowski, Berlin Finale by Heinz Rein and The Broken House by Horst Krüger. Klappentext When Helga Schneider was four, her mother, Traudi, abandoned her to pursue her career. In 1998, Helga received a letter asking her to visit Traudi, now 90-years old, before she dies. Mother and daughter have met only once after Traudi left, on a disastrous visit where Helga first learnt the terrible secret of her mother's past. Zusammenfassung When Helga Schneider was four, her mother, Traudi, abandoned her to pursue her career. In 1998, Helga received a letter asking her to visit Traudi, now 90-years old, before she dies. Mother and daughter have met only once after Traudi left, on a disastrous visit where Helga first learnt the terrible secret of her mother's past.

Product details

• Authors: Helga Schneider, Schneider Helga
• Assisted by: Shaun Whiteside (Translation), Whiteside Shaun (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.2005
• EAN: 9780099443742
• ISBN: 978-0-09-944374-2
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Europe, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Holocaust, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Second World War, The Holocaust, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949