The Madonna On The Moon
(Sprache: Englisch)
This award-winning fiction debut is set in 1957 in a tiny Carpathian village of gypsy-philosophers and scholar-priests, where communism is slowly encroaching.
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This award-winning fiction debut is set in 1957 in a tiny Carpathian village of gypsy-philosophers and scholar-priests, where communism is slowly encroaching.
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Winner of the European Book AwardNovember, 1957. The Soviets have just launched the Sputnik, and communism rules in Eastern Europe, but the village of Baia Luna, nestled in the Carpathian mountains, is a world unto itself, populated with gypsy-philosophers and mysterious priests. But for fifteen-year-old Pavel Botev, this world begins to come apart the day teacher asks him to hang a photo of the new party secretary, then whispers a startling directive into his ear.
Send this man straight to hell. Exterminate him. The next morning, she has disappeared. Once a priest turns up murdered, Pavel sets out on a journey for answers one that leads him into the frontiers of a new life. By turns grippingly realist and enchantingly surreal, The Madonna on the Moon announces the arrival of an important new voice in fiction.
Autoren-Porträt von Rolf Bauerdick
Rolf Bauerdick was born in 1957. He studied literature and theology before turning to journalism and photography. His work has been awarded numerous prizes, among them Germany's prestigious Hansel Mieth Prize. His articles have been published in Der Spiegel,Geo, and Playboy, among other publications. He lives in a converted flour mill in Northern Germany with his wife and children. The Madonna on the Moon, his first novel, won the European Book Award.Translated from the German by David Dollenmayer.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Rolf Bauerdick
- 416 Seiten, Maße: 12,8 x 20,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Übersetzung:Dollenmayer, David
- Übersetzer: David Dollenmayer
- Verlag: VINTAGE
- ISBN-10: 0307739759
- ISBN-13: 9780307739759
- Erscheinungsdatum: 08.04.2014
Sprache:
Englisch
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