Isbn: 9781900850643 - a bed in heaven (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 120 pages. Cover worn.A woman falls in love with a man who may or may not be her brother in this seari ng novel by de Loo (The Twins), which traces the effects of WWII on a fractured Hungarian Jewish family. Like de Loo's previous work, this gripping, pared-down narrative hinges on a stunning coincidence. When the novel opens, narrator Kata Roszavolgyi, in her 40s, has just buried her father and is now lying in bed with his son. Kata recalls growing up in Holland in the 1950s with a Dutch mother a nd Hungarian Jewish father, the latter a renowned composer. As a teenager she fa lls in love with another student named Stefan; as they grow closer, Kata learns that Stefan's mother, Ida Flinck, hid Kata's father from the Nazis during WWII. From there, the revelations pile up: Kata's father and Ida had become lovers whi le he hid in her house. To better protect him, Ida also began an affair with a N azi officer. After the war, Kata's father abruptly left Ida. Soon afterward, Ida gave birth to Stefan. Is Stefan the son of the Nazi officer or the Hungarian Je w? As the novel moves toward a climactic encounter between Kata's father and Ste fan, de Loo explores the legacy of the war-loss, guilt, families set adrift-for the generation of Europeans born in its wake. She handles the plot without melod rama, and her simple, deliberate prose and thoughtful compassion make this a vir tuoso performance.--Publishers Weekly.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 120 pages. Cover worn.A woman falls in love with a man who may or may not be her brother in this se aring novel by de Loo (The Twins), which traces the effects of WWII on a fractur ed Hungarian Jewish family. Like de Loo's previous work, this gripping, pared-do wn narrative hinges on a stunning coincidence. When the novel opens, narrator Ka ta Roszavolgyi, in her 40s, has just buried her father and is now lying in bed w ith his son. Kata recalls growing up in Holland in the 1950s with a Dutch mother and Hungarian Jewish father, the latter a renowned composer. As a teenager she falls in love with another student named Stefan; as they grow closer, Kata learn s that Stefan's mother, Ida Flinck, hid Kata's father from the Nazis during WWII . From there, the revelations pile up: Kata's father and Ida had become lovers w hile he hid in her house. To better protect him, Ida also began an affair with a Nazi officer. After the war, Kata's father abruptly left Ida. Soon afterward, I da gave birth to Stefan. Is Stefan the son of the Nazi officer or the Hungarian Jew? As the novel moves toward a climactic encounter between Kata's father and S tefan, de Loo explores the legacy of the war-loss, guilt, families set adrift-fo r the generation of Europeans born in its wake. She handles the plot without mel odrama, and her simple, deliberate prose and thoughtful compassion make this a v irtuoso performance.--Publishers Weekly.ReviewThe ordeal of Hungarian Jewry duri ng WWII, survivor guilt, and the unbridgeable distances between people yearning to connect--these are the major motifs sounded in this brisk, elegiac second U.S . appearance by the Dutch author of The Twins.Ironies multiply and unanswerabl e questions press down with the weight of the years and generations, as these ch.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 128 pages. some wear / marksA woman falls in love with a man who may or may not be her brother in this seari ng novel by de Loo (The Twins), which traces the effects of WWII on a fractured Hungarian Jewish family. Like de Loo's previous work, this gripping, pared-down narrative hinges on a stunning coincidence. When the novel opens, narrator Kata Roszavolgyi, in her 40s, has just buried her father and is now lying in bed with his son. Kata recalls growing up in Holland in the 1950s with a Dutch mother a nd Hungarian Jewish father, the latter a renowned composer. As a teenager she fa lls in love with another student named Stefan; as they grow closer, Kata learns that Stefan's mother, Ida Flinck, hid Kata's father from the Nazis during WWII. From there, the revelations pile up: Kata's father and Ida had become lovers whi le he hid in her house. To better protect him, Ida also began an affair with a N azi officer. After the war, Kata's father abruptly left Ida. Soon afterward, Ida gave birth to Stefan. Is Stefan the son of the Nazi officer or the Hungarian Je w? As the novel moves toward a climactic encounter between Kata's father and Ste fan, de Loo explores the legacy of the war-loss, guilt, families set adrift-for the generation of Europeans born in its wake. She handles the plot without melod rama, and her simple, deliberate prose and thoughtful compassion make this a vir tuoso performance.--Publishers Weekly.…