Description
Product ID: | 9780099524236 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Blind Side of the Heart |
Authors: | Author: Julia Franck, Anthea Bell |
Page Count: | 432 |
Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Germany |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Amid the chaos of civilians fleeing west in a provincial German railway station in 1945 Helene has brought her seven-year-old son. It is a great family novel, a powerful portrayal of an era, and the story of a fascinating woman. Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2010. Amid the chaos of civilians fleeing west in a provincial German railway station in 1945 Helene has brought her seven-year-old son. Having survived with him through the horrors and deprivations of the war years, she abandons him on the station platform and never returns. |
Imprint Name: | Vintage |
Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2010-07-01 |