
The year is 1944 and Veit Kolbe, a young German soldier, injured fighting in Russia, is recovering in a small village below Drachenwand mountain in Austria. Here he meets Margot and Margarete, two young women who share his hope that sometime, sooner or later, life will begin...

Winner of the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German Translation 'Both a great anti-war novel and a love story, full of tenderness - as around it the world shatters.' - Der Spiegel , 'Novel of the Year' The year is 1944 and Veit Kolbe, a young German soldier, injured fighting in Russia,...