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Remote Sympathy

Remote Sympathy( )
Author: Chidgey, Catherine
ISBN:978-1-60945-627-6
Publication Date:May 2021
Publisher:Europa Editions, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $26.00
Book Description:

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD

An exquisitely readable, polyphonic novel of domestic drama and human connection set in and around a concentration camp in Germany during the second world war and its aftermath.

Moving away from their lovely apartment in Munich isn't nearly as wrenching an experience for Frau Greta Hahn as she had feared. Their new home is even lovelier than the one they left behind, and...
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Book Details
Pages:464
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Historical / 20Th Century / World War Ii & Holocaust
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.25 x 8.25 x 1.75 Inches
Book Weight:1.342 Pounds
Author Biography
Chidgey, Catherine (Author)
Catherine Chidgey was born in 1970 and grew up in New Zealand. Her first novel, In a Fishbone Church, was published in 1999 and won Best First Book at the New Zealand Book Awards and at the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. It also won a Betty Trask Award and was longlisted for the Orange Prize. Her second novel, Golden Deeds, was chosen by Time Out magazine asa book of the year, and was a 2002 Best Book in the La Times Book Review and a 2002 Notable Book in the New York Times Book Review. Her third novel, The Transformation, was chosen by Barnes & Noble as a Discover Pick in 2005. In 2013 she won the BNZ Katherine Mansfield Award. Catherine has held the Sargeson Fellowship; the Todd New Writers¿ Bursary; the Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship to Menton, France; the Rathcoola Residency to Cork, Ireland; the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship; and the University of Otago Wallace Residency at the Pah Homestead in Auckland. In 2002 she won the inaugural Prize in Modern Letters and in 2003 she was named as the best New Zealand under 40.

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