Rolf Bauerdick

The Madonna on the Moon

Buch

Winner of the European Book AwardNovember, 1957. The Soviets have just launched the Sputnik, and communism rules in Eastern Europe, but the village of Baia Luna, nestled in the Carpathian mountains, is a world unto itself, populated with gypsy-philosophers and mysterious priests. But for fifteen-year-old Pavel Botev, this world begins to come apart the day teacher asks him to hang a photo of the new party secretary, then whispers a startling directive into his ear. Send this man straight to hell. Exterminate him. The next morning, she has disappeared. Once a priest turns up murdered, Pavel sets out on a journey for answers-one that le… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Dollenmayer, David

ISBN: 978-0-307-73975-9
EAN: 9780307739759
Produktnummer: 15257095
Verlag: Random House N.Y.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 416 S.

Über den Autor

Rolf Bauerdick was born in 1957. He studied literature and theology before turning to journalism and photography. His work has been awarded numerous prizes, among them Germany's prestigious Hansel Mieth Prize. His articles have been published in Der Spiegel,Geo, and Playboy, among other publications. He lives in a converted flour mill in Northern Germany with his wife and children. The Madonna on the Moon, his first novel, won the European Book Award.Translated from the German by David Dollenmayer.