ISBN: B0DY5C7D4J
ISBN13: 9798218565770
Für Elise
$15.20
ISBN: B0DY5C7D4J
ISBN13: 9798218565770
Conditions
A brand-new, unused copy in perfect condition.
Conditions
A brand-new, unused copy in perfect condition.
Book Overview
He waited half his life for a homecoming, only to discover his home no longer existed.
. . . But perhaps he can create a new one.
In 1956, more than a decade after the end of World War II, Hans Becker is finally released from a Soviet POW camp and returns to Germany. The reunion is disheartening-his beloved Dresden is largely blackened rubble, and his feelings of disorientation and melancholy hinder his attempt to revive the life-and love-he left behind.
Elise, the once delicate teenager whose memory Hans carried in his heart, has, through unspeakable trauma, transformed into a strong, independent woman skeptical of love. Yet just as she and Hans can spot traces of splendor in the ruins and oppression of Iron Curtain-era Dresden, so they each can see flashes of what attracted them to their long-ago sweetheart. But they-and their world-have changed so much. Are they willing to risk everything to seek a new beginning?
- Format:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- ISBN:
- B0DY5C7D4J
- ISBN13:
- 9798218565770
- Release Date:
- May 2025
- Publisher:
- Amalgam Books
- Length:
- 348 Pages
- Weight:
- 0.89 lbs.
- Dimensions:
- 0.8″ × 5.5″ × 8.5″
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Customer Reviews
Fiction That Illuminates What History Books Miss: A Moving, Unforgettable WWII and Cold War Story
Für Elise is unlike anything l've read. It brings attention to a little-known corner of history with care and emotional depth. The first half is rich in everyday detail, grounding the characters and their world in a way that makes the faster-paced second half all the more gripping. It's very well-researched, and the characters' warmth, wit, and small moments of humor make the tragedy at the story's core all the more affecting. This story will stay with me for a long time, and I can't recommend it highly enough.
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