After Midnight

Irmgard Keun (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

2025
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
9780241747285 (ISBN)

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Arrested in Cologne for remarking that the Fuhrer looked sweaty, nineteen-year-old Sanna has fled to Frankfurt. But her troubles are far from over. Her best friend Gerti has fallen for a Jewish boy, her brother writes books that have been blacklisted, and her own aunt could turn her in to the authorities at any moment. Darkly humorous and utterly heart rending, this gripping novel vividly captures the terror and hysteria of pre-war Nazi Germany.

Irmgard Keun was born in Berlin in 1905 and found instant success with her novels Gilgi (1931) and The Artificial Silk Girl (1932). Everything changed in 1933 when the Nazis blacklisted her and destroyed her books; in response, she attempted to sue the Gestapo for loss of earnings. She left Germany (and her husband) in 1936 and lived in exile in Europe, where she wrote Child of All Nations (1936) and After Midnight (1937). She sneaked back into Germany in 1940 under a false name and spent the rest of the war in Cologne. In later years, she wrote for magazines and radio and raised a daughter alone. She died in 1982.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.04.2025
Reihe/Serie	Penguin Archive
Übersetzer	Anthea Bell
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	110 x 180 mm
Gewicht	99 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
ISBN-13	9780241747285 / 9780241747285
Zustand	Neuware