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Ladataan... The German House (vuoden 2019 painos)– tekijä: Annette Hess (Tekijä), Elisabeth Lauffer (Kääntäjä)
Teoksen tarkat tiedotDeutsches Haus (tekijä: Annette Hess)
   - Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. I thoroughly enjoy the way Hess writes, as translated by Lauffer....but I reached the end and think I may have missed or misunderstood something about the relationship between Eva and Jurgen but as the translator explains in a note....memories cannot always be trusted. Relationships are the foundation of this very moving novel----between Eva's parents and between Eva and her parents, as well as between Eva and her sister. There are so many layers to this ---Jurgen and his father, Jurgen as his idea of a wife, based on what? Yes, practially a page turner of a book----very, very absorbing. (  ) nyiper | Dec 7, 2020 |  In this newly translated debut, Eva takes a job as a translator for what turns out to be the case brought to trial against a group of SS officers that worked at the death camps during WWII. Set in the 1960's, this novel reminds us that history plus time allows for the distance to forget & secrets always find a way to work themselves free. ( ) ShannonRose4 | Sep 15, 2020 | In this newly translated debut, Eva takes a job as a translator for what turns out to be the case brought to trial against a group of SS officers that worked at the death camps during WWII. Set in the 1960's, this novel reminds us that history plus time allows for the distance to forget & secrets always find a way to work themselves free. ( ) ShannonRose4 | Sep 15, 2020 | I liked it. It wasn't a real WOW... but such a different look at WWII's aftermath. Sometimes a bit flat, but it is a translation so maybe that had something to do with it. This would be a great book for a discussion! The main character has to face some hard truths- I'm still conflicted. (  ) nwieme | Mar 19, 2020 | Eva is asked to translate for Auschwitz trials in Frankfurt in 1963. Her parents run a restaurant, and she has a posh boyfriend. She's hoping Jürgen will propose. The trials affect her: she learns about the horrors of the camp as she translates the witnesses' experiences. Hess uses the real trial evidence in the book. Those accused follow the standard defence: they deny they were there, suggest dates were wrong, that they had no responsibility etc. Eva is gradually overwhelmed by what she translates, but finds that her family want to deny everything. She has strange childhood memories that she can't explain, and meets a young Canadian lawyer for the prosecution who takes the case personally. Hard-hitting account of attempts to deny the Holocaust after the war. ( ) charl08 | Mar 5, 2020 | ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
Set against the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963, Annette Hess's international bestseller is a harrowing yet ultimately uplifting coming-of-age story about a young female translator--caught between societal and familial expectations and her unique ability to speak truth to power--as she fights to expose the dark truths of her nation's past. If everything your family told you was a lie, how far would you go to uncover the truth? For twenty-four-year-old Eva Bruhns, World War II is a foggy childhood memory. At the war's end, Frankfurt was a smoldering ruin, severely damaged by the Allied bombings. But that was two decades ago. Now it is 1963, and the city's streets, once cratered are smooth and paved. Shiny new stores replace scorched rubble. Eager for her wealthy suitor, Jürgen Schoormann, to propose, Eva dreams of starting a new life away from her parents and sister. But Eva's plans are turned upside down when a fiery investigator, David Miller, hires her as a translator for a war crimes trial. As she becomes more deeply involved in the Frankfurt Trials, Eva begins to question her family's silence on the war and her future. Why do her parents refuse to talk about what happened? What are they hiding? Does she really love Jürgen and will she be happy as a housewife? Though it means going against the wishes of her family and her lover, Eva, propelled by her own conscience , joins a team of fiery prosecutors determined to bring the Nazis to justice--a decision that will help change the present and the past of her nation. No library descriptions found. |
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