Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman
Freidrich Christi Delius$13.60
$16.00
In Rome one January afternoon in 1943, a young German woman is on her way to listen to a Bach concert at the Lutheran church. The war is for her little more than a daydream, until she realizes that her husband might never return. Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman, winner of the prestigious Georg B chner prize, is a mesmerizing psychological portrait of the human need to safeguard innocence and integrity at any cost--even at the risk of excluding reality. More than just the story of this single woman, it is a compelling and credible description of a typical young German woman during the Nazi era.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Published: 01/31/2012
ISBN: 9780374533298
Pages: 119
Weight: 0.16lbs
Size: 7.46h x 5.05w x 0.35d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/12/2011
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2011
Booklist 01/01/2012 pg. 43
New York Times Book Review 03/25/2012 pg. 22