The blindness of the heart
By: Julia Franck ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell
Contributors: Bell, Anthea
Publisher: Grove Press; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York; [Berkeley, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780802119674
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Unmarried mothers; Sisters; World War, 1939-1945; Social conditions; Mothers and daughters; Fiction
Work titles: Mittagsfrau
Description: A multi-generational family story set in the Germany of the early twentieth century that reveals the devastating effect of war on the human heart.
Notes: "Originally published in German with the title Die Mittagsfrau in 2007 by S. Fisher Verlag GmbH"--Title page verso.

"First published in English in Great Britain in 2009 by Harvill Secker"--Title page verso.