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Last House Before The Mountain

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Description for Last House Before The Mountain paperback.
Beautiful and heartbreaking ... I absolutely loved it MONICA ALI ‘A poignant, captivating, beautifully woven family saga. As honest as Elena Ferrante, with the folkloric intensity of Téa Obreht’ CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE ‘The final moving paragraph strikes the reader like a knife to the heart’ OBSERVER Maria and Josef live with their children in a valley in westernmost Austria. When the First World War breaks out and Josef is drafted into the army, Maria is left to provide for her family alone. Every day is a struggle against starvation, the harsh alpine climate and the hostile nearby ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781526657145
SKU
9781526657145
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Monika Helfer
Monika Helfer is the bestselling author of novels, short stories, and children’s books, including, most recently, Vati [Daddy], Die Bagage [Last House Before the Mountain], and Die Bar im Freien [The Outdoor Bar]. This is her first novel to be translated into English. She lives in Hohenems, Austria. Gillian Davidson is a literary translator based in London. ... Read more

Reviews for Last House Before The Mountain
A novel about what’s hidden and what happens when it is revealed ... What distinguishes Last House Before the Mountain from a hundred other family stories is its charm: narrated by Maria’s granddaughter, it confides in the reader intimately. And when we learn that the story is based on Helfer’s own family, the final moving paragraph strikes the reader like ... Read more

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