The dark meadow
Schenkel, Andrea Maria2015
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Bavaria, Germany, 1947. At the end of the war, Afra Zauner returns to her parents' cottage on the edge of Mauther Forest. Unmarried, and pregnant. As she struggles to raise her child, her father's shame, her mother's fury and the loud whispers of the neighbours begin to weigh upon her. She doesn't believe in her sin. But everyone else does. And someone brings judgement down upon her. Many years later, Hermann Muller is throwing a drunk out of his tavern. A traveller, who won't stop ranting about a murder left unsolved, about police who never investigated. Out of curiosity, the file is reopened. And in the cold light of hindsight, a chilling realisation creeps upon the community. No-one ever atoned for Afra's death. But her story is waiting to be told.
Main title:
The dark meadow / Andrea Maria Schenkel ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell.
Imprint:
London : Quercus, 2015.
Collation:
135 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
This translation originally published: 2014.
ISBN:
9781780877761 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishGerman
Added title:
BRN:
79754