After Midnight

Depicting a young woman''s life in Nazi Germany, a masterpiece from the author of Child of All Nationsbr>br>''I cannot think of anything else that conjures up so powerfully the atmosphere of a nation turned insane'' Sunday Telegraphbr>br>Nineteen-year-old Sanna just wants to drink her beer in peace, but that''s difficult when Hitler has come to town and his motorcade is blocking the streets of Frankfurt. What''s more, her best friend Gerti is in love with a Jewish boy, her brother writes books that have been blacklisted and her own aunt may denounce her to the authorities at any moment, as Germany teeters on the edge of the abyss. Written after she had fled the Nazi regime, Irmgard Keun''s masterly novel captures the feverish hysteria and horror of the era with devastating perceptiveness and humour.br>br>Translated by Anthea Bell>

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Irmgard Keun, Keun Irmgard
• Con la collaborazione di: Anthea Bell (Traduzione)
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.05.2020
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi; Narrativa > Romanzi > Letteratura contemporanea (dal 1945)
• EAN: 9780241391822
• ISBN: 978-0-241-39182-2
• Numero di pagine: 144
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 12.9 x 19.8 x 0.9 cm
• Serie: Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Categorie: Literature, Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, Hitler, Germany, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Politics, Modern Classics, WW2, c 1930 to c 1939, Penguin Classics, Literary fiction, 1933–1945 (National Socialist period), Classic Books, Classic Literature, Classic fiction: general and literary, classic books collection, Novels, World War Two, Literary gifts, classic novels, World War 2, classic books for adults, paperback books, book lover gifts, book sets, gifts for readers, book gifts, special edition books, classic literature books, War Fiction, literature books, timeless classics books, ww2 history, penguin books classics, penguin classics paperback, penguin classics book, book collections for adults