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The Paper Man - Hardcover

O'Callaghan, Billy

 
9781567927856: The Paper Man
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1567927858 ISBN 13: 9781567927856
Verlag: David R. Godine, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

A deeply moving interwar romance set between 1930s Austria and 1980s Ireland, based on a real-life unsolved mystery.

1930s Austria. Vienna is a bustling, cosmopolitan city on the brink of war. Matthias Sindelar is an internationally renowned soccer player known as "The Paper Man" because of his because of his effortless weave across the field. When Sindelar speaks out against Hitler, his fame can't protect him from being placed under Gestapo surveillance. Meanwhile, Sindelar falls in love with a young Jewish girl named Rebekah. As the atmosphere in Vienna darkens under the Nazi regime, Rebekah flees to relatives in Cork, Ireland. Only after she arrives there does she realize she is pregnant with Sindelar's child. The following year, at the age of 35, The Paper Man is found dead in his apartment.



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Based on real people and true events, The Paper Man is the story of twentieth-century Europe, the Holocaust, the cost of fame, and love against the odds.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Billy O'Callaghan is the award-winning author of four short story collections and four novels. A lifelong soccer fanatic, he was intrigued by the life of Matthias Sindelar, superstar of the great 1930s Austrian team. The mysterious and sinister nature of Sindelar's death drew O'Callaghan to Vienna where he traced Sindelar's footsteps and visited his grave. From there, he slowly developed the story that became The Paper Man. Winner of the Irish Book Award, and finalist for the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award and COSTA Short Story Award, among other honors, O'Callaghan's work has been translated into many languages. His short stories have appeared in magazines around the world. His most recent novel, Life Sentences, was published by Godine in 2022. O'Callaghan was born in the village of Douglas, Ireland, where he still lives.

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Verlag
David R. Godine
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1567927858
ISBN 13 
9781567927856
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
248
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