Kingdom of twilight
By: Steven Uhly ; translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch
Contributors: Bulloch, Jamie, translator
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 575
ISBN-13: 9780857054968; 9780857054982; 9780857054975
Subjects: DP-Lager; Social aspects; Fiction; Bäuerliche Familie; Familie; Flucht; World War, 1939-1945; Nationalsozialismus
Work titles: Königreich der Dämmerung
Description: One night in autumn 1944, a gunshot echoes through the alleyways of a small town in occupied Poland. An S.S. officer is shot dead by a young Polish Jew, Margarita Ejzenstain. In retaliation, his commander orders the execution of thirty-seven Poles - one for every year of the dead man's life. First hidden by a German couple, Margarita must then flee the brutal advance of the Soviet army with her new-born baby. So begins a thrilling panorama of intermingled destinies and events that reverberate from that single act of defiance.
Notes: Translated from the German.