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On Bended Knees
Martin Goodman
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Beschreibung
The Second World War is over, but young Tomas learns that Europe’s wounds have not yet healed.
REDISCOVER THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF A WHITBREAD SHORTLISTED NOVEL
'GOODMAN WRITES WITH FLARE AND PANACHE, AND THE NARRATIVE FIZZES ALONG. GOODMAN'S NOVEL SOARS.' The Times
'BERLIN IS SEEN BRILLIANTLY THROUGH THE HERO’S EYES.' The Scotsman
'A NEW DAWN FOR BRITISH WRITING' The Daily Post
Tomas is taught by English war veterans. He walks the ruins of Coventry with his Gran, the city still rebuilding from the blitz.
But his mother is German, and as he nears adulthood Tomas finds himself in Berlin. His enigmatic uncle takes him in, a blind, disgraced Nazi soldier. Arm-in-arm, they explore a drastically changing Berlin, leading one another to places new. Tomas finds more family out in Dresden, a city decimated by Allied firebombs,
What might a young man make of this shattered legacy?
What might we inherit from the wars of our elders, and how might we move on?
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