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The Trembling World

The Trembling World

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Literary Fiction

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ISBN10: 6587012647
ISBN13: 9786587012643
Publisher: Paradoxum
Pages: 266
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Trembling World is the first book by acclaimed author Tanja Paar to be translated from German into English. Recipient of the 2021 Robert Gernhardt Prize, Tanja Paar now presents an evocative and compelling narrative in this new release, recounting the story of an unmarried Austrian couple and their three children living in Anatolia in the late 1890s. Maria and Wilhelm's children, Hans, Erich and Irmgard, grow up speaking Turkish as well as German. As the First World War begins, Wilhelm escapes his conscription by the Habsburg Empire but his sons are called up by the Turks. Maria, a solid and strong woman, fights for the lives of her sons. The local Pasha provides the boys with false documents to help them get away: Erich's papers are German, Hans' are French. Erich makes it back to Austria while Hans gets lost. Throughout his life, Erich is haunted by the choice of nationalities that sealed his and his brother's fates. After the war he moves to Istanbul where he becomes addicted to opiates, and then spends time with his mother and sister in Vienna before settling in Kirkuk / Iraq. Guest stars: Gertrude Bell and Lawrence of Arabia.

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