Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman

By Friedrich Christian Delius

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374533296
• ISBN13: 9780374533298
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Fsg Originals
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.5"