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Winterberg's Last Journey follows its two main characters on an eclectic, tragicomic train journey through Central Europe - 'the beautiful landscape of battlefields, cemeteries and ruins'. When Czech nurse Jan Kraus is charged with the care of 99-year-old Wenzel Winterberg, a Sudetenland German expelled from his Bohemian homeland after the Second World War, he believes that their time together is limited. But a casual remark from Kraus one night - 'it's interesting; your name is Winterberg, and I came from Winterberg, from Vimperk in Bohemia, which used to be called Winterberg' - sparks a new life in the old man, who becomes obsessed with uncovering the fate of his lost love, Lenka Morgenstern. Kraus is then dragged along by Winterberg on a winding train journey from Berlin to Sarajevo, all the while dealing with Winterberg's regular 'historical fits'. Their only guide is Winterberg's Baedeker for Austria-Hungary from 1913 - the last edition ever issued.
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Winterberg´s Last Journey, Jaroslav Rudiš
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 2024
- Oprawa
- (miękka)
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- Tytuł
- Winterberg´s Last Journey
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Jaroslav Rudiš
- Wydawca
- Jantar Publishing Ltd
- Rok wydania
- 2024
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 400
- ISBN10
- 1914990242
- ISBN13
- 9781914990243
- Kategorie
- Tagi
- Tematy historyczne, Podróże, Literatura czeska, XX wiek, Europa, Czechy, Podróż, Europa Środkowa, Big Book Thursday
- Pierwsze wydanie
- 2019
- Oryginalna nazwa
- Winterbergs letzte Reise
- Ocena
- 4,15 z 5
- Opis
- Winterberg's Last Journey follows its two main characters on an eclectic, tragicomic train journey through Central Europe - 'the beautiful landscape of battlefields, cemeteries and ruins'. When Czech nurse Jan Kraus is charged with the care of 99-year-old Wenzel Winterberg, a Sudetenland German expelled from his Bohemian homeland after the Second World War, he believes that their time together is limited. But a casual remark from Kraus one night - 'it's interesting; your name is Winterberg, and I came from Winterberg, from Vimperk in Bohemia, which used to be called Winterberg' - sparks a new life in the old man, who becomes obsessed with uncovering the fate of his lost love, Lenka Morgenstern. Kraus is then dragged along by Winterberg on a winding train journey from Berlin to Sarajevo, all the while dealing with Winterberg's regular 'historical fits'. Their only guide is Winterberg's Baedeker for Austria-Hungary from 1913 - the last edition ever issued.