You are not like other mothers : the story of a passionate woman
Schrobsdorff, Angelika, 1927-20162021
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As a young woman, Else made two promises to herself: to live life to the fullest, and to have a child with every man she loves. So here, too, are the stories of Fritz, Hans, and Erich - husbands, companions, lovers, and emissaries of a world in which men repeatedly prove themselves inadequate. Here are the stories of Peter, Bettina, and Angelika, Else's three children. Here, too, is World War I, and then the roaring twenties - that prolonged orgy of concerts, plays, cabarets, and parties. Here are the ominous 1930s and the advent of Nazism, the dreadful racial laws, and, for Else, a Jew, exile in Bulgaria. But these dark years are also a time of experimentation, during which Else and her coevals explore alternative modes of interpersonal relationships. Here is a cast of vivid secondary characters - dreamers and intellectuals, artists and agitators. All these stories and their various players are held together by the forceful figure of a woman who is larger than life. But the indomitable Else will make a most human mistake when she tries to hide the real extent of the Nazi tragedy from her children, and instead of protecting them she brings disaster down upon her family.
You are not like other mothers : the story of a passionate woman / Angelika Schrobsdorff ; translated from the German by Steven Rendall.
Schrobsdorff, Angelika, 1927-2016, authorRendall, Steven, translator
London : Europa Editions, 2021.©2021
535 pages ; 20 cm.
Translated from the German.
9781787703056 (pbk)9781787703056
833.914
EnglishGerman
Schrobsdorff, Else, 1893-1949Jewish women -- FictionConformity -- FictionMothers and sons -- Germany -- FictionJews -- Germany -- 20th century -- FictionGerman fiction -- Translations into EnglishGermany -- History -- 20th century -- FictionEurope -- History -- 20th century -- FictionWar fictionHistorical fiction
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Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | SCHR | Onloan - Due: 06 Oct 2024 |